Auto Leveling and Weight Distribution Hitch

Hey all!

Just reading around and trying to work out the procedure (and what to get) when using a WDH with the auto leveling suspension. What's the "correct" procedure to set this up correctly?


I did read the owners manual and googled a bunch but seems a bunch of vague answers.
What I have gathered, is you load the hitch, let the airbags self level then dial in the hitch?

Would love some guidance (and what hitches you'll use)

Capstone 2023
Imagine 2670MK Travel Trailer

 

Sounds right, as I’d imagine that the self leveling will try to dump some air back out once you start pushing weight to the front and trailer. Might take a bit to get it dialed in all the way, and I’d recommend using a scale to verify that you're getting all you should out of it. If you’re limited to just measuring fender heights, you might see the most change in the front. Use the WDH to get it back where it sits unloaded.

 

Yeah thats what I thought would happen, I guess I'll go back and forth a little bit, I'm mostly just want to make sure the front isn't light to keep steering, any cheap scales can get for home? Or do you guys just go to CAT scales? (I'm just out side Denver so I'm guessing there should be some near by)

 

We have the luxury of a DOT truck scale between my place and town. Pretty handy since it’s rarely staffed and operating, especially on the weekends. The truck cops just pop one open occasionally and have trucks check in. Don’t have to keep all of them going every day to keep most of the truckers in line, I suppose…

The scales are always on so it’s super easy for me to use this.

 

I tow with a 2012 regular cab short box with 22" Black Rhino wheels and low profile streets, and pull a 29' RV (34'9" overall) dry weight 7400 lbs. (always travel with 1/2 tank of fresh water because I often boondock). I use a load-levelling anti-sway device with two 1,500 lbs. torsion bars. In addition, I have a Subaru 3200 watt inverter in the box, firewood, equipment, etc. I've towed a lot of RVs over the years, including a 30' RV that I pulled for 7 years in Canada and the US with a 2003 4x4 Durango with the 4.7 L (lovely engine). With the Tundra in this configuration I've never felt that I was overloaded, whether on divided highways or county roads. Great truck.