WD Hitch Weight % Transferred

Ron Gratz wrote:

xcntrk wrote:
Here's an example:

Your example shows, for no WD,
the steer axle lost 3200-3040 = 160# and
the drive axle gained 3880-2840 = 1040#.

With no WD, I would expect the steer axle to lose an amount equal to about 40-50% of the 880# TW and the drive to gain about 140-150% -- depending on TV wheelbase and ball overhang.
How did you calculate the front axle loss and the rear axle gain?

Also, the bottom line shows TW Redistributed = 14% w/WD.
How is that value calculated?

Ron

Those are real CAT scale weights captured from another user here (empty TV, loaded TT w/no WD, and loaded TT w/WD) each individually measured. With this user's numbers and WD enabled, 240# came off the rear axle and went back to the front axle, and 140# came off the rear axle and went back to the TT axles, for a total of 360# total distributed due to the WD hitch. Percentage wise you could say 41% of the TW was redistributed by the WD hitch (including both TV and TT weight changes), but I don't call that percentile out in my spreadsheet because a large portion of it still remains on the TV (just moved from rear to front). This is where the 14% comes from; the 104# that went back to the TT axles or 14% of the original TW.