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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Only if your hitch is configured like the one in the sketch. There are no less than three different arrangements of couplers on the frame rails, each of which will result in a different angle of the bars with respect to the frame or ground. For example, looking at Page 2 of the Reese Trunnion Bar Installation manual you quoted above, step 2 illustrates the different height off the ground where the trunnion bars should start for a rough set-up based on the coupler's mounting to the frame. If you pull it up to 5 links under tension, there's no telling where exactly it will end up as that is a function of the coupler's mounting point and, in the case of the coupler mounted to the bottom of the rails, the frame rail height.
I still fail to understand the geometry of a curved bar being parallel to anything.
And again, IF the bars end up parallel to anything, it's nothing more than a happy coincidence. It is neither a design intent nor does it affect the function of the hitch assembly in any way.
I still fail to understand the geometry of a curved bar being parallel to anything.
And again, IF the bars end up parallel to anything, it's nothing more than a happy coincidence. It is neither a design intent nor does it affect the function of the hitch assembly in any way.
