thomas malenich wrote:
Tim, I understand the difference between weight and force, however the receiver does not. It just realizes 300#s are gone after the WD is engaged.
It is important to know that it is the WD system that accomplishes that. I would dare say it is equally important as axle load shift in that it allows the hitch weight not to be exceeded.
Thanks for the chuckle as I'm sitting here imagining what the hitch receiver might be saying to itself :). Seriously, the more important thing to remember is that even though the receiver won't have to react to as much vertical downward force when a WD system is applied, it will still be required to react to a substantial increase in other forces, specifically torsional. Be careful about thinking that all of a sudden you have a larger cushion of hitch capacity when applying a WD system.
thomas malenich wrote:
Just because you use a term like "hitch weight" in a definition does not mean you have to define hitch weight. I said I want to keep it simple but how can you leave out something important that the WD system does? Besides have we not already agreed to use the term "tongue weight" in the definition? We did not define tongue weight did we? Please think about that.
"Tongue weight" is a very common term used by manufacturers to represent the difference between a trailer's total weight and the trailer's axle weight. "Hitch weight" could easily be mistaken to be an interchangeable term for "Tongue weight" (even though we've made the distinction in this thread), so I believe it would require further clarification.
Does that make sense?
