Tongue Weight, Leverage and RGAWR
I tried google-ing but couldn't find anything, so I'm turning to the collective expertise here. Question: Tongue weight is applied at the hitch, which is a distance from the rear axle. Because of t...
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rvhippo wrote:The amount of load added to the rear axle depends on:
Does anyone have any practical advice? Does the weight-multiplication effect of leverage from the distance between the rear axle and the hitch get balanced out by the WD hitch?
Trailer tongue weight (TW)
Distance from TV rear axle to ball (D2)
Distance from ball coupler to midpoint between trailer axles (D3)
How you adjust the WDH
If you adjust the WDH to restore 100% of the load which was removed from the TV's front axle,
the net load added to the TV's rear axle will be:
Added Load = TW*D3/(D2+D3)
Ron
