WDH set up help needed
Yes, I've read the stickies, multiple times. I have a Reese hitch. My vehicle instructions say to return the front bumper to unhitched height. Unhitched measurements: front bumper 17 7/8 Front ...
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We recently bought a Reese dual cam WDH for our new 29' TT with scaled weight of 6600 lbs. I have been struggling to get it all dialed in correctly. So far, I have learned that measuring the heights of the fenders before and after does not give an accurate picture of the weights that are being transferred. You may *think* it's set up okay if your front fender height settles back down to where it should be, but you won't know if weight is being transferred correctly to the drive axle and trailer axles.
You ideally want 25% of the tongue weight transferred to the steer axle, 50% to the drive axle and 25% to the trailer axles. I can tell you that this is not easy. I have fiddled with the bar angle, number of links and ball height. I am currently okay on the steer axle but have too much on drive axle and not enough onto the trailer axles. It's important to get this a close as you can for handling and tire wear.
In the case of our new trailer, the tongue weight is almost double what the factory dry hitch weight is and the TT actual weight is 6600 vs 5200 dry weight. And we haven't even got much loaded in the trailer. We have only 200 lbs left before we reach the TT GVWR. I had ordered 800 lb trunnion bars in advance of getting our new TT thinking that this would be well above the actual tongue weight with TT loaded. Now I am looking at upgrading to 1200 lb bars to be able to get the WDH adjusted properly. I would never have known if I hadn't spent the time at a scale. I also have a feeling that the undersized bars are resulting in more rear end bounce than I'd like (cupboards fly open while travelling).
Dry weights in trailers are useless to go by and same with some TV data like payload capacity on the door jamb sticker and curb weight.
You (OP) have not posted info. on your trailer (dry weights and length) or on your TV so it's hard to give any good feedback. Until you get to a scale, you are simply flying blind and wasting much of your time. You would do a lot better to get the hitch set up as best as you can and head to a scale. You need 3 passes to get the data you need. You may need to visit the scale several times before you are done or have to spend a lot of hours unhooking the trailer, making adjustments and going around for another pass(es). And what bar size do you have? If you need info. or help related to going to a scale, just say so. :)
You ideally want 25% of the tongue weight transferred to the steer axle, 50% to the drive axle and 25% to the trailer axles. I can tell you that this is not easy. I have fiddled with the bar angle, number of links and ball height. I am currently okay on the steer axle but have too much on drive axle and not enough onto the trailer axles. It's important to get this a close as you can for handling and tire wear.
In the case of our new trailer, the tongue weight is almost double what the factory dry hitch weight is and the TT actual weight is 6600 vs 5200 dry weight. And we haven't even got much loaded in the trailer. We have only 200 lbs left before we reach the TT GVWR. I had ordered 800 lb trunnion bars in advance of getting our new TT thinking that this would be well above the actual tongue weight with TT loaded. Now I am looking at upgrading to 1200 lb bars to be able to get the WDH adjusted properly. I would never have known if I hadn't spent the time at a scale. I also have a feeling that the undersized bars are resulting in more rear end bounce than I'd like (cupboards fly open while travelling).
Dry weights in trailers are useless to go by and same with some TV data like payload capacity on the door jamb sticker and curb weight.
You (OP) have not posted info. on your trailer (dry weights and length) or on your TV so it's hard to give any good feedback. Until you get to a scale, you are simply flying blind and wasting much of your time. You would do a lot better to get the hitch set up as best as you can and head to a scale. You need 3 passes to get the data you need. You may need to visit the scale several times before you are done or have to spend a lot of hours unhooking the trailer, making adjustments and going around for another pass(es). And what bar size do you have? If you need info. or help related to going to a scale, just say so. :)
