Just moved my reese hitch up:

[red dodge2]

I just moved my reese hitch up
Farther in my frame. What are the advantages of it? Is there more than just allowing u to pull farther? Give me some info. Thanks guys.

 

[JFlagg]

It moves the weight being applied to the frame farther up... and yes, its to help you pull farther.

 

[zstroken]

It moves the weight being applied to the frame farther up... and yes, its to help you pull farther.

On a rigid non trick hitch setup(IE reese) I do not believe the actual location of the reese receiver any where behind the rear axle will change the characteristics of the truck. The location of the actual hook point will though. For those of you who feel differently I am open for changing my thoughts. Draw the free body diagram that shows it works.

To illustrate this. Draw it out. The truck pivots around the rear axle. The points of interest are. The length of the arm, and the place that it pivots.

You do want to suck the hook point up towards the back of the truck as much as possible.

 

[red dodge2]

i was told that it pull more leverage off the front of the truck....when i ran my "trick" hitch that hooks in the bed and into the reese and ran block with no weight up front i pulled just fine!........but when i ran just my reciever with a clevis and blocks with no weight, i bounced in 4th gear, so i had to take off in 3rd and it never bounced...so do you think that moving my hitch up with blocks and no weight will take care of the bouncing in 4th when just using a regular reciever???

 

[bubba2400]

What you want to try to move forward is the point where the hook point is, like zstoken said. Doesn't really matter where the receiver is bolted to the frame. Good Luck.