cdevidal wrote:
Thanks, but that sure is a mystery as to why that's the case, if the hitch is on the trailer.
With a "conventional" hitch (not including a Hensley Arrow or PP),
the hitch is inserted into the hitch receiver and is not part of the weight of the trailer.
With a Hensley Arrow or PP, approximately half of the hitch moves as part of the TV and about half moves as part of the TT.
With one of these hitches, you could assume that about 100# is added to the weight of the TV and about 100# is added to the tongue weight.
The good news is that, with a properly sized and properly adjusted WDH, a load equal to approximately 25% of the tongue weight is transferred from the TV to the TT's axles.
Therefore, with a conventional hitch and a TW of 1000#, you would add about 100# to the weight of the TV (due to the weight of the WDH),
and assume the tongue weight adds an additional load of about 750#.
Ron
