JRTJH
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You might want to do a bit more "weight verification"... The specs you quoted are for an EMPTY trailer as shipped from the factory. That 605 pound tongue weight has NO propane in the tanks, NO battery in the battery tray, NO optional equipment ordered/installed in the trailer and NO owner installed equipment, camping supplies, food, tools, water/sewer hoses, chocks, blocks, firewood, grill, chairs, galley pots, pans, dishes, no towels, bedding, pillows or the "hundreds of pounds of other stuff you'll load in the trailer. Expect your trailer to grow weight substantially.This comment is helpful.....especially the first sentence "regardless of the TT or TV some sort of anti-sway system is recommended". This continues to be my question. I have a F350 4X4 with an auto airlift system (automatically adjust bed height to maintain level). When I connect my TT (7,600 GVWR, 605 tongue weight) it does not sag under the weight. So do I need a Weight distribution hitch? Sounds like you say yes. What I'm really interested in is sway control.
Then there's the receiver limitations on your truck.
Depending on whether you are using the 2.5" receiver with or without a 2" adapter sleeve, the weight limits are different. Then there's the "tongue weight max with/without a W/D hitch.
As an example, here's my receiver max weight limits. As you can see, using a 2" sleeve, the MAX trailer weight WITHOUT a W/D hitch is 6000 pounds and the MAX tongue weight is 600 pounds. So, regardless of whether that receiver is on a F150, F250 or F350, with or without an "optional automatic leveling system" you would be over the receiver's maximum weight rating using an adapter sleeve to tow that trailer unless you use a weight distribution hitch. And, even if you are not using a 2" adapter sleeve, the maximum "weight carrying limit" is 850 pounds, and your Coleman 1905RB "loaded to travel tongue weight" will likely be much closer to 1000 pounds than it will be to 605 pounds.
So, depending on "what equipment you're using to connect the receiver to the hitch to the trailer, you may or may not be over the maximum weight limits. Then there's the matter of sway control. You can't "add a "mechanical sway control to a "cheap 2" hitch stinger"... You need a special adapter type hitch with the hole/mount needed for the sway control PLUS you'll need to drill holes in your trailer tongue A-frame along with limiting the ability to back the trailer without removing that sway device...
So, can it be done to tow with out a W/D hitch? Yep, but it's not just a matter of "I've got an F350 so I'm good"... Depending on HOW you're using the truck receiver, you may very well be violating the weight limitations of the receiver and still not able to connect a "cheap sway control bar" to the hitch ball stinger....
Here's a photo of my receiver limitations: