Weight Dist is the right way to go. If you live where there are no hills or mountains, a F150 is fine as along as you are in no hurry. Hills or mountains, go bigger. If you are not for hire and not going out of state, which I am, DOT won't mess with you. On the other hand if you are commercial, you need your State's Dot #'s and pull across scales. Then, you may be in trouble. Going out of state, Fed DOT #'s.
To answer your question, my weight dist hitch will not bolt to my 10K dump trailer.
I have a 14K, 20 ft implement trailer. Did a friends a favor, no money. His F150 4x4 broke down 100 miles away. I have an electric wench on trailer. Pulled Ford on trailer. Strapped it down and pulled it home with a GMC serria 6 cylinder. I think my truck is rated at only 5700#. However, with a dist hitch and good electric brakes on the trailer, I had no problems. The F150 is way north of 5700# and trailer is around 3200#.
You need to learn how to balance your trailer. I use the 5/8 - 3/4 inch rule. Use a tape and locate the load on the trailer to compress the bumper 5/8 - 3/4 of an inch. That is the sweat spot for my truck.
Now watch, there are those who are going to jump all over me for this post. I think some people really need to get a life.
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