Kenn, Boy that sounds like a great invention - did you consider getting a patent on that?? ;)
Ron, Thanks for that drawing and explanation. I have one question and one hypothetical.
1. Is that your drawing and figures or did you find that somewhere?
2. Can I give you a hypothetical and ask you to fill in the blanks?
Lets say you have a TT and it weighs 5000#'s. Let say that with the manufacturer's axle placement the tongue weight is 650#'s. OK you put that on the hitch ball of a weak truck, and the trucks rear drops alot. Now you add a weight distribution hitch. Lets say the WD hitch weighs 150#'s.
What happens to that now 800#'s(roughly) of weight on the ball???? Are you saying it remains the same, or does some of that 800#'s of weight get transferred to the front axle of TV and TT axles?? If it gets transferred what are the %'s of the transfer?
You said " The WD hitch does not distribute “tongue weight”. It simply removes load from the TV’s rear axle and distributes it to the TV’s front axle and the TT’s axles." So what happens to the 800#'s if tongue weight is not ditributed as you say? I am with you on the importance of the WD system and agree that the one member you mentioned that removed his WD system in an attempt to eliminate sway would be much better off taking other steps. I am just looking for clarification of your explanation by the form of an example. Thanks, Tom
PS - I know that you are not actually reducing the TT's tongue weight, but are you not distributing the weight off the TV's ball thereby having less weight on the ball??
