payload and WD hitch clarification
With four sons and a wife in a Nissan Armada with 1450 payload, tongue weight becomes a factor pretty quick. We're in the market for a camper that'll sleep all of us. What I believe I understand: ...
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fourboysdad wrote:If your WDH is properly sized and properly set up, it should be able to transfer a load equal to about 20-25% of the TW back onto the trailer axles.
---Assume I have 675lbs reserved for hitch load. If I were to get a camper that has an 700lb hitch load, would I be correct that if my WD hitch is set up right, that a percentage of that 700lb hitch load would be put back on the trailer axles and not on the truck frame thus keeping the truck from being overloaded?
This means that, if the "hitch load" is 700# with no WD applied, the "hitch load" might be reduced by about 140-175# with WD applied.
Of course, as others have pointed out, the weight of the WDH must be included as part of the TV's cargo weight when you calculate the amount of payload capacity reserved for "hitch load".
Ron
