Ron Gratz wrote:
Damdifino wrote:
---My question is, what do I do when hitching up? Air up the bags first, then weight distribution? Vice-versa? How do I go about integrating the air bags with the weight distribution hardware?
AlbertaNewbie got it right -- air up first, then add tongue weight, then add wdh.
I don't know why Equal-I-zer would say to attach trailer and wd to tv first, then air up. There's nothing to that effect stated in their online set up instructions.
When you adjust the WDH first, and then add air, the bags will lift the rear of the TV.
When the bags lift the rear of the TV, the load on the WD bars will decrease.
When the load on the WD bars decreases, the load on the TV's front axle will decrease and the load on the rear axle will increase.
When the load on the front decreases and the load on the rear increases, the WDH will no longer be properly adjusted.
When the WDH is no longer properly adjusted, you get angry.
When you get angry --- (sorry, I just watched a DirecTV commercial)
Ron
We've debated this before, and while your logic is sane, it is not reality in most cases. You can in fact add air without inducing lift.
WDH should ALWAYS be set up BEFORE adding air.
Now, depending on the bags, depends how much air you can add before you get lift. Poly bags allow a lot more air, while adding spring rate, and not lift. Rubber bags, like many trucks have installed, don't take much air before lift occurs.
Either way, the point is to increase spring rate and not induce lift.
