etrailer | Gen-Y Torsion Weight Distribution Shank Spec Review

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This is the design for use with most standard weight distribution systems on the market, it's got this two inch diameter shank for your head unit to get mounted in place. It does have a heavy-duty steel construction, so it's going to give us a gross towing weight capacity of 21,000 pounds, the tongue weight range is going to be between 1,600 pounds and 2,400 pounds, and the reason for that is because of our shock absorption capabilities here, so you've gotta have at least that 1,600 pounds for it to properly engage, but you don't wanna have more than that 2,400 pounds, otherwise, it's going to overtax the system. So to help you with that tongue weight range, they do include this tongue weight scale, a couple different locations, depending on the orientation you have here. So that scale is going to allow you to monitor your load to make sure that you're right within that range, so this is going to have this white line here, it's kinda hard to see with my lights reflecting off that, but there is a white line right there, and you wanna make sure that that white line is in that green portion of the sticker, if it's on either one of the red portions, you're not within that range, so it's nice that they include that to help make sure that you're gonna be where you need to be in order for that shock absorption to really take effect for you. You can see our shank does have eight mounting positions for attaching your weight distribution system head assembly, so that's going to make sure that your trailer is gonna be nice and level, so this will accommodate a wide range of trailer coupler heights.


We have lots of those options available, we also have locking pins available if you wanna add a little extra security, make sure no one can come along and just take out the pin and take off with your shank here. To give you a measurement, from the further back pin hole here to our adjustment holes here, it's 12 3/8 of an inch, so that gives you an idea of how far this is go