Can I use a WDH on a DP
I tow a 22' enclosed trailer behind the DP in my signature. It has a 10,000 lb hitch with a 1000 lb tongue weight capacity. I have been hauling a UTV weighing 1100 lbs in the front and a 3200 lb...
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wildmanbaker wrote:
No, I don't believe he is. Your comparing a 20 foot pickup, to a 40 foot MH. Do they have the same size chassis, suspensions, and tires? Are they the same wheel base? Like I said, try it yourself and get back to us, please.
I have tried it myself and I have got back to you..... There is essentially no difference between my pickup and my motorhome with respect to the WDH. They both have:
- A Steer Axle
- A Drive Axle
- A 10000 lb Trailer Hitch
- A Trailer Attached exerting a force on the hitch
- Air bags to maintain level
You are correct, they do have different wheelbases, but do you really think it makes a difference to the weight added on the hitch?? These are real world weights taken on a Commercial truck scale just as you challenged my to provide.
If you still think that a MH will negate the weight added by a trailer, try this simple experiment:
- Stand on a bathroom scale
- Write down the weight
- Extend your arm and hand out in front of you
- Have someone place a 10 lb weight on your hand. Keep your hand extended and note that there is a force pulling your hand and arm downward
- Bend your knees a little to simulate how the added weight would push you down
- Write down the new weight
- Now, straighten your legs just like your MH would do when it adds air to the air bags to correct the squat
- Now Write down your weight.
I am betting that your weight after you added the 10 lbs and squat down a little is the same as when you straighten your legs. If your weight at the end of the exercise is the same as it was in step 2 (before adding the 10 lbs), them I will happily admit that there is no purpose to a WDH on a MH. I will also submit your name for consideration for a Nobel Physics Prize as you will have disproved Isaac Newton's Third Law of Motion.
