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.
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The fact that the receiver needs to be able to react to other substational forces is of no concern in definining a WD system. The manufacturers have taken this into consideration and built the receiver to withstand those other forces.
I am talking about something that the WD system DOES that allows the receiver to handle the load capacity stamped on it.
Barney said this:
"Doug,
As I and many others tried to explain in your other topic, YES, you should be using WD with that trailer with that truck. Even at empty weight, your tongue weight will probably be over the rating of your hitch if you do no use the WD capability."
He was making a point as to that particular importance of a WD hitch. I don't think we should leave out an explanation of this feature/function just because you think someone might not know what another word or term in you description means.
