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The Weigh Safe Towing App is an informational tool designed to help you know the ratings of your entire towing system: truck, hitch and trailer. Knowing your limits will prevent you from exceeding any of your tow ratings, resulting in a much safer and smoother towing experience!
Whether you own a Weigh Safe product or not, the Weigh Safe App is the perfect towing guide for both inexperienced and experienced towers alike! However, if you do own a Weigh Safe product, this app will give you the ability to further perfect your towing set up by measuring your tongue weight! The Weigh Safe App is available for both iOS and Android.
Product Details
The True Tow is the first ever weight distribution hitch that can truly distribute your load with ease. The True Tow simplifies your life with:
- Includes the patented Weigh Safe integrated scale
- Live adjustment system built directly into the head assembly
- Easily adjust the hitch height with our dual pink key lock
- Extended design length allows you to still drop your tailgate
- Allows you to effectively redistribute your weight over the axels
- Provides towing confidence by reducing trailer sway
True Tow Weigh Distribution Hitch Installation
The Weigh Safe 180 Drop Hitch offers the easy adjustability of all the rest of Weigh Safe products with the added convenience of two tow balls in one turn-over tow ball.
- 1-7/8″ x 2″ or 2″ x 2-5/16″ turn over tow balls
- Comes in either stainless steel or chrome-plate
- Supports up to 21,000 LBS Gross Tongue Weight*
- Supports 2,200 LBS Max Tonuge Weight*
- V5 & J684 Certified
*Depends on congifuration
Weigh Safe 180 Drop Hitch Product Video
The Weigh Safe Aero Hitch gives you all the technical wonder of the original weigh safe in a smaller package!
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- Includes 1-7/8″ Tow Ball with a 2″ clam-shell adapter
- Made of steel capable of supporting 12,500 LBS
- Enables you to tow safely knowing that you have appropriate tongue weight
- J684 Certified
The Weigh Safe Drop Hitch is the one and only trailer hitch with a built-in scale that signals you to adjust your load before you hit the road, resulting in a much safer and enjoyable towing experience.
- Tongue weight scale built into the ball mount platform helps you balance your trailer
- Promotes safe towing – lets you know if your load needs to be adjusted before you tow
- Simple operation – automatically provides a measurement every time you couple your trailer
- Efficient and hassle-free – eliminates the need for separate or commercial scales
- 6061 T6 billet aluminum shank and mounting platform provide superior strength and durability
- Solid block construction provides greater strength than hollow steel competitors while also maintaining a light weight
- Rustproof for a clean finish that stands the test of time
Weigh Safe Drop Hitch: How It Works
Tongue weight scale built into the ball mount platform helps you balance your trailer
- Promotes safe towing – lets you know if your load needs to be adjusted before you tow
- Simple operation – automatically provides a measurement every time you couple your trailer
- Efficient and hassle-free – eliminates the need for separate or commercial scales
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Product FAQs
TRUE TOW WEIGHT DISTRIBUTION HITCH FAQS
Q: Does the True Tow Weight Distribution Hitch work on an aluminum frame trailer
A: Yes, the largest A-Frame that our weight distribution hitch can fit on is a 2.5″x6″ frame, so as long as it is that size or smaller, it should work!
Q; Does the True Tow Weight Distribution Hitch add to tongue weight?
A: Add it to your Gross Combined Weight Rating (GCWR); our calculations take the weight of the hitch into account and distributes it.
Q: I’ve only received 3 out of 4 boxes!
A: This hitch ships in four separate boxes and sometimes they are delivered at different times or on different days. Please wait at least 48 hours from receiving your initial package before contacting our customer support team about a missing box. Watch Video
Q: Can you back up with the True Tow Weight Distribution Hitch?
A: Yes you can back up with your hitch attached as long as you’re not backing up a steep driveway or anything that is a significant change in grade.
Q: Can I use air bags with my True Tow Weight Distribution Hitch?
A: Yes, you can. The purpose of the weight distribution hitch is to return any weight that is lost off the front axle of the tow vehicle when the trailer is attached. It is not meant to take away all the squat in the truck. The tongue weight of the trailer still exists and is added to the back axle causing compression on the springs. If you would like to reduce that remaining squat in the back of your tow vehicle, feel free to use airbags or any other anti-squat system. Just make sure you check that your DTW (Distributed Tongue Weight) is correct for every tow with or without airbags.
Q: What if the lead screw is not turning before reaching the DTW?
A: If the lead screw is not turning, there are a few things you can check to solve the problem.
- Make sure the lead screw is not bottomed out. The lower the pivot system only has so much travel and will bottom out between the interval gauge shield and the top of the pivot system. If this is the case, raise the height of your trailer bracket platforms and again, try to adjust the screw until you reach your DTW.
- Has your lead screw been serviced with grease lately? Make sure to use the grease ports and bi-annually (if not more frequently) pump in grease to keep the frictional surfaces lubricated. Without lubrication, it can increase friction and wear, keeping the lead screw from turning.
- Large amounts of torque may be needed. With large trailers reaching the maximum ratings on the hitch, sometimes the loads require large amounts of torque to adjust the lead screw. If this is the case, raise the tongue jack to lower the forces on the lead screw. Adjust the lead screw in or out, depending on what is needed, and put the tongue jack down periodically to check if you have reached the required DTW.
- Check your tow vehicle ratings and make sure you are not towing over the weight capacity.
- Check that all measurements and the tongue weight without the spring arms attached were inputted correctly into the DTW tool to ensure you have the correct DTW.
- Try jouncing(stepping on or kicking) the front of the trailer on the trailer frame. Doing this takes away any resultant friction keeping the gauge from working correctly.
- Your tongue weight is less than 200lbs. If your trailer tongue is less than 200lbs., the gauge has a hard time reading this low of a tongue weight. Please increase your tongue weight to be over 300 lbs. to confirm your gauge is in fact not working.
- Hydraulic oil is leaking. Without hydraulic fluid, the gauge will not read weight. If you see any clear odorless oil leaking from the hitch, please check all hydraulic plugs, gauges, and the piston under the tow ball to see if one of these is leaking. If so, please contact our Customer Support team to get your True Tow hitch repaired under warranty.
Q: Why does my truck still have some squat?
A: The purpose of the weight distribution hitch is to return any weight that is lost off the front of the axle of the tow vehicle when the trailer is attached. It is not meant to take away all the squat in the truck. The tongue weight of the trailer still exists and is added to the back of the axle causing compression on the springs. If you would like to reduce that remaining squat in the back of your tow vehicle, feel free to use the air bags or any other anti-squat system. Just make sure you check that your DTW (distributed tongue weight) is correct for every tow with or without airbags.
Q: My truck is still squatting a ton?
A: If you feel that your truck is still squatting more than normal even after you have adjusted the True Tow hitch to read the DTW that you determined from the DTW tool, double check the following:
The DTW should be about 2-3 times more than the original tongue weight of the trailer. If this is not so, something must be wrong. Please contact our Customer Support team so we can look further into resolving this for you.
Q: My True Tow Weight Distribution Hitch is leaking hydraulic oil.
A: If you see any clear, odorless oil leaking from the hitch, please check all hydraulic plugs, gauges, and the piston under the towball to see if one of these areas are leaking. If so, please contact our Customer Support team to get your True Tow hitch repaired under warranty.
Q: My True Tow Weight Distribution Hitch isn’t working?
A: If you notice the gauge is not measuring tongue weight, there could be a couple causes for this. Please check the following prior to calling our Customer Support team:
Q: The paint is starting to wear off, what do I do?
A: The True Tow Weight Distribution Hitch is painted with a high-strength powder coating for rust and corrosion resistance. Through normal ware, especially in high-friction points of the hitch, the paint could rub or chip off. If you are seeing this, you could use a flat back primer and paint to touch up these areas to reduce rust and corrosion, which will extend the lifespan of your hitch.
Q: Is the True Tow Weight Distribution HItch compatible with any of your other hitches?
A: NO. The True Tow Weight Distribution Hitch has all of it’s own parts and components made specifically for the True Tow Hitch. For example, even if you have our Steel Weigh Safe Adjustable Ball Mount, you cannot use that draw bar with your True Tow WD system. Only the draw bar that came with the True Tow is compatible with its components as it has a reinforcement piece made specifically for the True Tow Hitch. However, you can use your Steel Weigh Safe Adjustable Ball Mount Slider Rack on your True Tow Weight Distribution draw bar!
Q: Is the True Tow Weight Distribution Hitch compatible with my current aluminum Weigh Safe Drop Hitch?
A: NO! Our True Tow Weight Distribution Hitch is made of steel and is not compatible with any of our aluminum components.