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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I'm assuming you have your nifty video camera set up for this?
If the tape does not hold, a stainless steel hose clamp will do the trick, or tie wraps too maybe.
To check the torque arm has not shifted due to the mounting, when you start the test with the truck straight ahead, get a good measurement of the pointer back by the DC. Then when your done driving around, head straight again and recheck that measurement that it comes back to the same place. Then you know the setup is good and the data did not shift in the middle of the test due to the pointer mount shifting.
Some other good data to get if you can.
Your present TW by your Sherline scale at the time the test is done.
How much pointer deflection was measured from a relaxed WD bar (no load) to WD engaged just from hitching up?
How was WD adjusted on the truck in regards to truck front end position?
This will help tells us a little about the normal starting loads on the WD bars.
Ideally there is a pointer on each side and both can be captured in the video at the same time. You can see the combination effect. Maybe the camera is mounted on the camper under the front of the camper looking at both WD bars at the same time? And super would be you can see the scaling in your masking tape so we know how much movement was there. Since you know what zero WD bar load mark is, we can see when the inside turn WD bar unloads or not. May have to get creative with a pointer on the 1/2" edge of the DC chain plate to read the scale from the back. If you can't get both at once, we can still put pieces of the data together to try and sort out the interactions.
I'm really curious now to see the data from this. I'm sure Ron is too.
Good luck
John
If the tape does not hold, a stainless steel hose clamp will do the trick, or tie wraps too maybe.
To check the torque arm has not shifted due to the mounting, when you start the test with the truck straight ahead, get a good measurement of the pointer back by the DC. Then when your done driving around, head straight again and recheck that measurement that it comes back to the same place. Then you know the setup is good and the data did not shift in the middle of the test due to the pointer mount shifting.
Some other good data to get if you can.
Your present TW by your Sherline scale at the time the test is done.
How much pointer deflection was measured from a relaxed WD bar (no load) to WD engaged just from hitching up?
How was WD adjusted on the truck in regards to truck front end position?
This will help tells us a little about the normal starting loads on the WD bars.
Ideally there is a pointer on each side and both can be captured in the video at the same time. You can see the combination effect. Maybe the camera is mounted on the camper under the front of the camper looking at both WD bars at the same time? And super would be you can see the scaling in your masking tape so we know how much movement was there. Since you know what zero WD bar load mark is, we can see when the inside turn WD bar unloads or not. May have to get creative with a pointer on the 1/2" edge of the DC chain plate to read the scale from the back. If you can't get both at once, we can still put pieces of the data together to try and sort out the interactions.
I'm really curious now to see the data from this. I'm sure Ron is too.
Good luck
John
