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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Maybe explaining the reason I ask will help everyone understand why I want to know.
Lets imagine you have a TT that has 12% of its weight on the hitch, and when you put that weight on your TV the trailer tracks right behind the truck straight and great. Only problem is... putting all that weight right on your rear axle creates a situation where you are over your axle rating. So you go get a WDH, move some of that weight to the front axle AND some of it to the rear axle of the TRAILER.
Do you no longer have 12% and straight and great due to the added load on the rear axles and the weight moved from the tongue?
The thing that confuses me is that people say WDH does not reduce the weight of the tongue, it simply relocates the places that weight travels to the ground. That makes sense.
I am confused about the effects this has on the 12%.
Hopefully my question makes sense?
Lets imagine you have a TT that has 12% of its weight on the hitch, and when you put that weight on your TV the trailer tracks right behind the truck straight and great. Only problem is... putting all that weight right on your rear axle creates a situation where you are over your axle rating. So you go get a WDH, move some of that weight to the front axle AND some of it to the rear axle of the TRAILER.
Do you no longer have 12% and straight and great due to the added load on the rear axles and the weight moved from the tongue?
The thing that confuses me is that people say WDH does not reduce the weight of the tongue, it simply relocates the places that weight travels to the ground. That makes sense.
I am confused about the effects this has on the 12%.
Hopefully my question makes sense?
