<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by MarineHawk:
<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by PARAGON:
<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by MarineHawk:
PARAGON
I did “Check the specs,’ and it says “If you’ll be pulling a trailer that, when loaded, will weigh more than 5,000 lbs, be sure to use a properly mounted, weight-distributing hitch and sway control of proper size.” See FN 4. I.e., don’t use the stock trailer hitch for hauling more than 5,000 lbs. It also says “trailer tongue weight should be 10-15% of total loaded trailer weight, up to 700 lbs.” I.e., don’t put more than 700 lbs of vertical stress on the hitch. Probably not good for winching. Please feel free to “go study some more and then come back with legitimate” criticisms if that’s what you like to do with your time. </div></BLOCKQUOTE>Thanks, makes it much more fun to point out how stupid you are.
H2's manufacturer suggested Max Trailer weight is 6,700 lbs. Has nothing to do with using a weight distributing hitch or not. A weight distribiting hitch has no bearing on the horizontal forces applied to the receiver hitch. A 6,700 pound trailer pushing you from the back or being jerked by the truck, is 6,700 pounds of rolling mass no matter how it is connected.
Vertical load rates on the receiver is of little concern for winching applications, but you can easily lift the front or rear of the 7,000 lb H2 off the ground using the winch in the cradle without damaging anything. Point is, einstein, that tonque weight ratings and trailer weight ratings have less to do with capability of the receiver system itself than it does with the overall vehicle's capability. </div></BLOCKQUOTE>
PARAGON:
I'll just dodge you're witty insults and just say: H2 has a Class III hitch. Class III hitches are designed to have no more than 5,000 lbs of force exerted on them, whether by yanking them around by a winch or by towing a trailer of that weight. Forget the tongue weight rating for a second, FN4 in the specs says don't pull more than 5,000 lbs with your Class III hitch - that's a horizontal force, and that's for the stock hitch.
And I may be wrong for having this concern, but I just merely asked the question. Please just take your psychosis meds. There's no reason to get angry when someone asks a question about winches, unless you're psychotic. </div></BLOCKQUOTE>I won't dodge your unwitty, stupid insults.... Oh, look, you didn't either.
And OH NO!!!!! Engineers must be much dumber than you (of course you can't comprehend your own statements) for saying that the H2 can tow a 6,700lb trailer if it only has a receiver rated for 5,000 lbs.
Check again. The H2 DOES NOT have a Class III Hitch RECEIVER (the part that's on the truck). The H2's receivers are designed into the front and rear frame and are not add-ons. It will accept at standard Class III HITCH (the part that slides INTO the receiver). Funny, it also will accept a Class IV hitch AND is what should be used if you pull max trailer weight.
Get it now or are you still stumpid.