Dual Cam Setup
I'm working on setting up a new Reese Dual Cam setup. I think I need a 1" extended ball, and wonder if I would benefit from a 2". Here's are some photos of where I'm at now: Side view, I think...
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JBarca wrote:John, I'm not sure how you're planning to measure displacement distances.
Be back later after I get some more WD bar displacement distances when the hitch goes through a turn with and without the DC installed. We can then start putting estimates on the chain forces.
A relatively simple way of getting a good estimate of WD bar load is to clamp a straightedge (e.g. 1/2" x1/2" angle iron) to the underside of the front end of a WD bar. A straight edge is indicated by the red line below.
The perpendicular distance (blue line) from the rear end of the straightedge to a point near the rear end of the deflected WD bar is directly proportional to the load applied to the WD bar.
A beam-type torque wrench uses the same principle.
You could use your hydraulic load cell to exert an upward force on the detent in the WD bar to calibrate the load-deflection curve for any given bar.
Ron
