Dual Cam Setup

TUCQUALA wrote:
As to overloading the bars, I am having difficulty understanding how you can overload a flexible bar and have the bars not want to turn. I ran my orig 750# round bars on my Jayco for about 2 yrs before going to the 1000# bars with no negatives with almost 900# of actual tongue weight. Yes, they were overloaded, and the combo felt soft, but they (or the 1000# bars) did not cause any damage to the DC parts or the trailer frame.

I have no idea. I just thought of it and threw it out there. :) That being said, even if you are using 750 lb bars with a 900 lb tongue weight, they could be set to transfer very little weight or a whole lot of weight, depends how you have it set up. The more weight you are trying to transfer, the more friction you have where the bars attach to the hitch head. The more friction you have, the less the bars want to rotate. Secondly, the heavier bars will flex less than lighter bars under the same load. When the heavier bars don't flex, something has to absorb the impacts from bumps.