Change weight by adding washer to WD hitch?
If I add a washer to my WD hitch and use the same link on chain, will it improve my weight numbers? ie. help load steer axle. Is 60# off the steer axle worth worrying about? Just trying to dial it in...
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N-Trouble wrote:
You add/remove washers to ensure your bars are PARALLEL to your trailer tongue when under tension. First determine how many chain links are needed to be parallel, THEN add/remove washers until tension is correct.
Why? The purpose of the spring bars is to transfer the weight. If they end up parallel to the frame on any given rig, that's just a happy coincidence, but that's not the goal. Plus, how exactly do you measure curved links as parallel to anything? That's a geometrically impossible feat!
I do understand what you are saying about only having two links under tension... Obviously at that point, the angle needs to be changed. But if I'm running at one angle with five links, why should I increase my head angle and run 6 or 7 links to achieve the same weight distribution just for the sake of making the (curved) bars (vaguely) parallel to the frame?
