CCD WITH WEIGHT DISTRIBUTION HITCH

[Charlie Vretis]

I can't get my front end to come down with my Reese Recurve-6 weight distribution hitch.

The tongue weight is 850 pounds as verified by a Sherline LM 2000 - Trailer Tongue Weight Scale. The bars are rated for up to 1,000 pounds.

Been going back and forth with Reese for months now.

This morning they said I need to turn off the CCD. Is that even possible?

Total weight GCVW on last trip was 13,920.

Any suggestions will be most appreciated.

 

[FlyBry]

I can't get my front end to come down with my Reese Recurve-6 weight distribution hitch.

The tongue weight is 850 pounds as verified by a Sherline LM 2000 - Trailer Tongue Weight Scale. The bars are rated for up to 1,000 pounds.

Been going back and forth with Reese for months now.

This morning they said I need to turn off the CCD. Is that even possible?

Total weight GCVW on last trip was 13,920.

Any suggestions will be most appreciated.

NO. But you can alter the shock setting by selecting the Tow/Haul Mode.

 

[Charlie Vretis]

NO. But you can alter the shock setting by selecting the Tow/Haul Mode.

That's what I am using already.

Can you add rear air lift bags to a CCD system?

 

[JasonH]

Do you have the head of the Reese hitch tilted down all the way? If not, you'll need to do that to get more weight to the front axle. The manual says it's a thumb screw adjustment.

 

[Charlie Vretis]

Do you have the head of the Reese hitch tilted down all the way? If not, you'll need to do that to get more weight to the front axle. The manual says it's a thumb screw adjustment.

I have tried several settings that they suggested. I really think they are trying to blame the Expy instead of admitting their product does not work as advertised.

 

[timo482]

Picture please of the hitch in service

 

[Charlie Vretis]

Picture please of the hitch in service

 

[apex96]

Can you provide photos of the actual hitch setup while hooked up. you're definitely squatting to much in the rear. From the photo angles you provided, looks like you need to move the hitch head down one hole on the shank, if you have any adjustment left on your shank.

 

[Charlie Vretis]

Can you provide photos of the actual hitch setup while hooked up. you're definitely squatting to much in the rear. From the photo angles you provided, looks like you need to move the hitch head down one hole on the shank, if you have any adjustment left on your shank.

 

[apex96]

Can you get the head to tilt anymore or are you maxed out on the head angle adjustment screw? It looks like you're as low as you can go on the provided shank which should be adequate for the height of the trailer tongue... whats the tongue height with the trailer level on the ground? It looks like the hitch height is right at 24.25 inches, from the photo. Also you're one photo shows the receiver drops almost 4.5 inches with the trailer attached; are the bars engaged at this point?

I would think this system would act similar to a standard bar design it's just upside down for clearance purposes. here are some things to try;
1) get the height of the trailer and vehicle as close as possible, ensure trailer is dead level or a hair nose down.
2) hook up the trailer but leave the jack down to keep weight off the vehicle.
3) place bars into position and see where they will line up on the trailer frame attachment points and then make note of the next notch that will add more weight to the bars
4) with trailer latched to ball, jack up the trailer until you can slip the bar into place (remember use the next tightest notch you noted previously)
5) raise jack and allow the vehicle to take the full weight of the trailer. ideally there should be no more than a 1 inch rise in the front and 1 inch squat in the back.
6) roll across the scales and check the front and rear vehicle axle weights and the trailer axle weights and compare that to the total overall weight of the truck and trailer.