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Community Alumni
Jul 04, 2014

Can the weight police check these numbers for me?

I recently acquired a new TV to pull my 21' TT and I have some numbers that I would like to share with the experts here to see what they think. The TV is a 2014 Jeep Grand Cherokee with the followi...
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Ron_Gratz
Explorer
Jul 06, 2014
lawrosa wrote:
Yes I guess its right. the tongue calculated to 800 lbs.
No, the tongue weight is not 800#.

You cannot calculate tongue weight by subtracting the TV's unhitched GVW from the hitched GVW when load is applied to the bars of the weight distribution hitch.

And since more than 100% of the load removed from the front axle was restored to the front axle, it is obvious the WD bars were loaded and some of the tongue weight was transferred to the TT's axles.

Ron

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