WD Hitch Weight % Transferred
Obviously, the answer to my question is going to depend, but what is a good rule of thumb to use when estimating how much weight a WD Hitch will transfer from the hitch? Another thread recently sug...
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I know this is an old thread, but I did finally purchase the new travel trailer.
I rarely travel with fluids fresh, gray or black so that shouldn't be a factor. I think I'm over estimating the weight of stuff I'll add to the trailer but I expect it to grow over time.
The numbers below are tight but I'm hoping that the WDH actually transfers more than the 10% that seems to be the bottom end of the expected weight transfer to the trailer axle.
5755 Dry Weight
835 Tongue Weight
1000 Estimated Stuff
1453 Payload
-430 Fat Butts
-50 Dogs
-80 WDH
-980 Estimated Loaded Tongue Weight
98 Hitch transfer to trailer axle (10%)
11 Remaining payload
Now I wish that I had gotten the HD Payload option, but I couldn't find a truck equipped the way I wanted with that option in the color that my wife wanted anywhere in the US at the time.
I rarely travel with fluids fresh, gray or black so that shouldn't be a factor. I think I'm over estimating the weight of stuff I'll add to the trailer but I expect it to grow over time.
The numbers below are tight but I'm hoping that the WDH actually transfers more than the 10% that seems to be the bottom end of the expected weight transfer to the trailer axle.
5755 Dry Weight
835 Tongue Weight
1000 Estimated Stuff
1453 Payload
-430 Fat Butts
-50 Dogs
-80 WDH
-980 Estimated Loaded Tongue Weight
98 Hitch transfer to trailer axle (10%)
11 Remaining payload
Now I wish that I had gotten the HD Payload option, but I couldn't find a truck equipped the way I wanted with that option in the color that my wife wanted anywhere in the US at the time.
