Air Bags
Hypothetical SUV towing travel trailer with 1200 lb tongue weight Question / clarification: Without weight distribution hitch - back of truck goes down and front of truck goes up. With weight...
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ReferDog wrote:
Don't forget that some of weight is also moved to the front axle of Trailer
Agreed, I'm not trying to say a weight distribution hitch is not needed. I fully understand the benefit of having one.
To come clean, I added airbags to my SUV to try and stiffen a bouncy ride when towing. When I pumped up the air bags, it unloaded my spring bars. I ended up airing down the bags quite a bit where the rear of my truck was low but not as low as without. The ride was a lot better with no bouncing and overall it was a good addition to my setup but the back end of my truck is still down a little now. I also tried tilting the hitch head down another washer and then engaging the WDH and then airing up the bags to unhitched height, but then the front went down lower than the other way with no airbags. Sorry no scaled weights. Everything I did is based on measurements and eyeball.
By the way, it is a 2005 Excursion towing a Jayco 32bhds.
