Hi Voyager.
Not wanting to "void" anything I had Honda install their towing package on my 2002 Odyssey. After looking over the weight distributing hitch information, I'm pretty sure the Honda hitch is, as you suspected, a plain old hitch.
I installed the hitch with the anticipation of purchasing a pop-up camper in the not too distant future. These go from around 1000-2500 unloaded weight to 2500-3300 gross vehicle weight. I assumed (stupid me) that the hitch that Honda sells should be able to pull these trailers as they are under the vehicles 3500 towing capacity.
Does anyone know if I can:
1. Retrofit additional parts onto my existing hitch to make it in effect a distributing hitch?
2. Couldn't I simply rear load the trailer to aleviate some of the tongue weight, or is it more complicated than that?
3. Would air shocks help any?
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- ’90 4Runner – lacking for a family of 5
- ’02 GG Odyssey EX-L-RES – my new best friend
TNUCKELS