WD Question For Ron

Ron was the first guy who came to mind, but any good answer is appreciated. I'm not arguing, I'm asking. I'm trying to understand how weight that is transferred from the hitch to the trailer axles has to be subtracted from the trucks payload. It seems like it just goes back to the trailer.

TomG2 wrote:
...What you asked is not reality. One would not want to transfer all thousand pounds off the rear axle, even if it were possible.

Agreed.

BarneyS wrote:
I think I am right in the following. If not, I'm sure Ron or somebody else will be along to correct me. :)
Roughly speaking you have added around 700lbs to the payload.

That 300lbs that was transferred back to the truck front axle is weight that was leveraged off of it by placing the tongue on the ball, not weight added from the tongue. The weight on the axles before drawing up the WD bars would be around 1300lbs - 1000 from the tongue and 300 from the front axle of the truck.

Then about 300lbs of the 1000lbs is transferred back to the trailer axles leaving about 700lbs of the 1000lbs left on the truck to be subtracted from the trucks payload.
Barney

That is correct.

You may want to PM Ron, if his is the only answer you are looking for. What you asked is not reality. One would not want to transfer all thousand pounds off the rear axle, even if it were possible.

I think I am right in the following. If not, I'm sure Ron or somebody else will be along to correct me. :)
Roughly speaking you have added around 700lbs to the payload.

That 300lbs that was transferred back to the truck front axle is weight that was leveraged off of it by placing the tongue on the ball, not weight added from the tongue. The weight on the axles before drawing up the WD bars would be around 1300lbs - 1000 from the tongue and 300 from the front axle of the truck.

Then about 300lbs of the 1000lbs is transferred back to the trailer axles leaving about 700lbs of the 1000lbs left on the truck to be subtracted from the trucks payload.
Barney

Here is a link to Ron's post back in Aug of '04 explaining it all

Ron's POST

If yo have a trailer with a a tongue weight of 1000 lb and you put it on your hitch then you added 1000 lb to your payload.