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Old 04-05-2016, 11:18 PM   #6
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BigJoe -

That is a whopper of a hitch. You may find that the 1400 pound springbars are awfully stiff, and don't flex very much. (That is the "spring" in "springbar".) I think the idea is that the strength of the springbars should be a bit greater than the hitch weight of the trailer. If they are too stiff, then they give you basically a solid steel hitch, with no give.

Many of us here on the forum use 600 pound bars, which seems to be pretty good for our expected 350-500 pound hitch weight.

Will these stiff bars hurt anything? Well, if you used that hitch with a smaller trailer and had no problems ...

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