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Bobbo
Explorer III
Apr 27, 2017

Question from Ron Gratz post in a sticky

I have been studying Ron Gratz's example of the 2000 pound lift WDH, in the sticky on this forum, and have a question.

If the tow vehicle has, say, an 1800 pound payload rating, and loaded for camping WITHOUT a WDH you are carrying 1600 pounds of payload, including tongue weight. That means you are 200 pounds below your payload rating.

Now, you add Ron's WDH that shifts 300 pounds to the TT axles. Does that mean you are now 500 pounds below your payload rating?

Thanks,

Bobbo

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    Bobbo
    Explorer III
    OK, that is 2 for it is still on the truck, and 2 for it is shifted to the trailer, off the truck.

    Do we have a tie breaker?
  • Any weight moved to the trailer axles is weight no longer on the truck.
  • When I weigh my rig after putting on the WD bars the trailer axles are weighing 100 lb more than before the truck front is 200 lb heavier and the rear is 300 lb lighter.

    My truck in total on the scales weighs 100 lb less than it did with no WD.

    Therefore I am 100 lb further below he payload rating of the TV.

    That 100 lb is now on the trailer axles.
  • Shifts TV rear axel weight to TV front axel and back to TT axels but the weight doesn't disappear.
  • No. It is still there, and counted on the truck. All the tongue weight is still on the ball in one form or other.

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