atwowheelguy wrote:
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.
Good, your 1,000# bars are just right. Was wanting to make sure you where not on 750's or 800 lb bars.
Something to have in your bag of adjustment tricks and rules of thumb. Many times, (not all) when the WD bars are sized correct and the truck receiver does not have excess flexing issues, 2 washers of head tilt "often" times can align with the same WD effect close to 1 chain link length. It is not exact and each setup is a little different, but it can get you close. Meaning if you want to experiment, use extra chains links to get the WD close even if the WD bars are up hill too much. If this looks good on the WD numbers, then take the head apart and add 2 washers and go back 1 chain link.
Yes, your setup now looks good. Try it for a while and see where it ends up after a few trips.
Thanks
John
