WD Hitch effect on TW ratio
Lets run an example using easy #'s. My trailer weights 1000lbs My hitch weight is 100 lbs, or 10% of the overall trailer weight. I put my trailer on a weight carrying hitch, 100lbs is carried by ...
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Bedlam wrote:
You also have consider the distance from the hitch to the trailer front axle and from the hitch to the tow vehicle rear axle will most likely be different. If you take 50 percent of the tongue weight off the vehicle rear axle, that 50 percent may be distributed differently to the remaining axles based the difference in length. Although you figure this out mathematically, it is easier to find closed weigh station where the scale is still operating and try different WDH hitch settings and their effects on your combination.
These are made up numbers used to create a very easy to understand example.
In this HYPOTHETICAL situation, the variables create a situation where 50lbs is distributed to the rear axle.
The question is about the effects that distributed weight has on the ratio between tongue and axle weight.
