But the one you bought clearly says 7300 lbs IF YOU USE A WDH, since you're not using a WDH why go through all the trouble?
And where does it say not to use one for 5th get? It's not impossible for the engineers to consider that moment force when designing the cross member and that's why they don't say not to do it on the owners manual like they did on the 4th gen.
But my main point is still the first thing, why go through the trouble if you aren't using a WDH?
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Again, if you had read, the hitch has a NON-WDH rating of 6000lbs. 7300 WITH A WDH -- same as your magical 4th gen you keep referencing....
Right off the bat you gain 1000lbs of towing capacity, in theory
There is no where it says explicitly that you can't use it, but technically its not designed specifically for a 5th gen nor is it represented as an option from the dealer, so that being said, its technically not legal if you get into an accident or get pulled over for an unsafe load...this will rely on your intuition and experience to know what is safe and what is not safe so you stay out of that situation...
Further than that, to your last comment, its far more robust of a design over the stock cross member unit. More attachment points, more load distribution, more steel. Instead of just distributing the weight on a far less substantial single point on a section of steel welded between the frame rails, it mounts directly to the frame rails and provides a much better distribution of weight by design to the front and rear suspension (THIS IS A DIFFERENT STATEMENT THAN USING A WEIGHT DISTRIBUTING HITCH) where as the stock unit can only really distribute the weight to the rear of the suspension
Lastly...just because I am not using a WDH now, which is an attachment to the hitch not necessarily a stand alone unit (duh), doesnt mean I wont retrofit it later...
