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Originally Posted by Doakster
Mounting the hitch ball over the center of the pumpkin/rear axle is "ok", of course you don't want it behind the axle, but it is actually better to have the hitch mounted foward of the rear axle. The more forward the hitch the more it will help to eliminate trailer "sway" and also puts more weight on the front axle, i.e the load will be more stable and you truck can handle it better. B&W at one time recommended up to 6 or 7 inches forward of the rear axle I believe, now they have brought it down to 4inchs for there superduty turnover ball. Makes sense right?
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The reason they did not want to do this was that if it was mounted directly over the pumpkin and a lot of weight was either put in the bed or on a tongue tow trailer causing the rear to be closer to the bed it would cause damage to the pumpkin if you were to hit a bump and the inverted ball came down on the pumpkin