JBarca wrote:
Hi atwowheelguy,
I like your spreadsheet. Good for you sorting this out and good way to see the differences.
What size WD bars does your hitch have?
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John
Mine has the 1000 lb. bars. I had two adjustments going on here. One was moving the cargo from the truck to the camper. Passenger and cargo weight went from 707 (two people) to 587 (one person) to 367 (one person). The other was getting the WDH adjusted for the tongue weight. I made a reasoned guess to add two washers. I don't know if the relationship is linear, but I returned 72% of the weight lifted from the front with 5 washers. So maybe 14% per washer. In the past, some guides said to return all the weight lifted from the front. My F150 owner's manual says 50%. Mine is now about half way between those two. My rear axle load is down from 102% of rating to 94%. I think I will just leave it there for now.
