Help with hitch / tongue weight
Hello All! I'm in the early stages of camper shopping (wanting to upgrade) and I would love some help understanding the tongue weight limits. I have read on 1000 different sites that the max tongue w...
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lbrjet wrote:
You are wrong Larry. To properly set up hitch you load your truck for travel. Make your measurements or take weights. Dropping the tongue on the truck removes weight from the front axle, you restore the missing weight with the WDH and you are done. The weight aft the axle is still there. You ignored my statement earlier saying according to your theory the weight of the spare tire, bumper and tailgate would be tongue weight (since they are all aft the axle). You just choose to not respond to statements that don't fit your theory. I guess if I removed my spare tire from below the bed and placed it in the bed instead then it would magically become tongue weight. right?
Nope not WRONG you just missed the post where I specifically covered such items as the spare, bumper, etc. of items that are always there and clearly stated that they are NOT CARGO ADDED and what we are talking about is any cargo that IS ADDED AFTER YOU SET UP YOUR WDH. I gave some specific examples of this in just the fuel containers that are often empty at the start of a towing trip, filled at the first fuel stop and then used up within a day or two. THIS IS THE CARGO ADDED that CEQUENT says if aft of the rear axle should be added to the normal trailer tongue wt. for sizing of your WDH components so this temporary cargo is properly accounted for in sizing your WDH system.
I'm not wrong I just think your not reading what I've written or choosing to ignore what I'm saying. Just you bringing back up this dead issue of things like the spare, the bumper, etc. proves this not reading what has already been discussed.
This really is the last time I think I need to keep going over this same stuff with you since it's just getting more chaff in an already long and some what confusing thread.
For the record look back at my post on 02/14/16 01:28pm to prove where I covered this nonsense about the spare, bumper, etc. that you tried to use as improper examples of what we were discussing. This alone along with this post just proves how far off in the weeds you are here in this discussion and not listening to what has already been discussed.
Larry
