JIMNLIN wrote:
Moving weight behind the trucks rear axle may or may not affect handling as there are many players as we see just from a few replies ie; DRW vs SRW.....amount of hitch weight......distance from pin to the trailers axles.....trailers gross weight/load on the trucks front axle/tri axle vs tandem axle/etc.
My experience with pin/GN ball weight behind the trucks rear axle was similar to boshog....however this was with a one ton DRW and GN trailers with 6k-6.5k hitch loads. The big GN trailer pushed the truck all over the road. The GN plate was actually mislocated 2" behind the rear axle. After a reload back home I had my hitch installer move it 2" forward where I wanted it to begin with which made a huge difference in the rigs handling.
I can tell you that, following the B&W instructions for my TO Ball base, it puts the center of the ball almost 4" ahead of the axle centerline. The only provision to move it back is to buy an offset ball from B&W. My 30' triple-axle GN trailer tows beautifully! I just have to watch my loading and make sure to balance my load so I don't overload my truck. The '35 JD Model BN always goes in front and the '36 JD Model A goes over the axles. :-)
Lyle
