Help with hitch / tongue weight

lbrjet wrote:
With your theory Larry my truck's bumper, receiver, tail gate, spare tire and everything else aft of the rear tires would be considered tongue weight.

When you set up a WDH you are supposed to load the truck as you would for camping first. This is the baseline for all further calculations and none of this weight is tongue weight.

We can just agree to disagree.

You're not reading what I said ... your bumper, receiver, tail gate, spare tire are not CARGO that is added temporarily after your WDH has been adjusted for an unloaded condition. As such they are not germane to what I'm talking about. My example of standing on the bumper after running across the scales with your WDH engaged is an example of CARGO added. Furthermore any weight that never varies that is after the rear axle also doesn't fall into the cargo category that should be considered "TONGUE WEIGHT" as it is used in the receiver and WDH capacities in a WDH configuration.

In a non WDH configuration temporary cargo aft the the axle does not go against the "TONGUE WEIGHT" receiver capacities, but the drawbar/hitch head of say a WDH type system along with anything attached to the drawbar like a bike rack along with the bikes do count against that number.

For most folks this issue is very minor, but in my case I have at times carry in excess of 250lbs of temporary cargo whose weight is basically at the extreme rear of my van on the top of my secure storage area as seen in the pic below (that is 4 yellow diesel fuel containers, a EU2000 generator and a toolbox full of tools along with some other misc items.



Larry