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Walaby
Feb 17, 2016Explorer II
odis wrote:
Not to hijack the tread but...I'm the guy with the razor in the truck bed.
If my WDH was set up before I had the razor ( I hauled 2 dirt bikes before in bed of truck) with my camper in tow. Will it still be set up adding the razor to the bed? The truck does not squat with the 1150 extra #'s.i have not hooked the camper up yet.
Also if I go to a cat scale will they tell me axle weights?
Thanks
Jim
Cat scale will tell axle weights, as long as each axle is on it's own scale.
If I understand it all, the WDH hitch will still be distributing the weight it was distributing BEFORE you put the razor in the bed. That part would be unchanged. The question (or debate), is whether or not the razor is adding weight that actually needs to be distributed. I understand you saying it does not squat with the razor added, but there is/will be increased weight on the rear axle (obviously). Not knowing your RGAWR, I would be concerned/want to make sure I didn't exceed that RGAWR with the combination of the razor and the WD hitch setup as you have it now.
Understand the razor may not make it squat now, but the combination of the razor, and the tongue weight from your trailer might.
If you subscribe to the theory that weight behind the rear axle has to be distributed (which Im not necessarily in that camp), then you would also have to figure out a way to determine how much of that razor weight is behind the axle. Don't know how you could do that accurately.
I am of the mindset that the tongue weight is the weight placed directly on the hitch, and that is the weight I need to distribute. The remaining weight is cargo weight, that still factors against my GVWR of the truck, but Im not necessarily distributing. BUT, having said that, other than a couple bikes, and a cooler, I don't carry anything in the bed. And anything I do carry is forward of the rear axle.
Mike
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