WDH effects on TV rear axle?
I was just getting done reading the 18 page thread on WDH and what they do. I was going to post there but realized that was from 2004. Anyway a question I have is my travel trailer has a tongue we...
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ScottG wrote:
Yes, some of the 900# is going to the front. If you tighten the bars down enough you'll see the front suspension go down. There are even pics on-line of a vehicle with the rear wheels removed because the bars force so much weight forward.
Not, that is not the goal. None of the TW does goes towards the front axle. Some that is lost is restored, thus the front suspension is decompressed, than compressed with WDH. While there are pictures of front wheel drive cars with the rear wheels removed, today's vehicles are not designed to do that. And it would drive with high instability.
bigtime_077 wrote:
There seems to be some difference of opinion as to whether or not any additional weight can be added to the front using the WDH. I tend to believe that you can.
No WDH or vehicle manufacturer in the last 20 years has recommended adjusting the WDH such that it is heaver than unhitched weight. In fact some vehicles in the last few years has said to restore only half the amount of weight that was lost on the front axle. So in my example where above where 350 pounds was lost on the front axle by dropping the tongue on ball, you would target a loss of only 175 pounds on the front axle, rear axle would be about +1000 pounds and trailer axles about +100.
There are two excellent sticky threads in this forum. How a WDH works and how to adjust a WDH. Measuring by weight is the best, but estimating by front fender height has worked great for me on two tow vehicles.
In short the two primary goals of WDH are return front axle weight/height to unhitched amount, and TT should be level to slightly nose down.
