tomas malenich wrote:
So far every description that I have found states that a WD system distributes tongue weight or loads.
Actually, I LIKE the word "distributes", because that is essentially what it is doing in the most simplistic terms. Why overcomplicate it with all the details of HOW it does it? As has been made obvious in this thread, it takes more than a couple sentences to explain/describe the HOW.
Tim,
My point was that most descriptions that I found state that the WD system "distributes tongue weight".
Now we all know that is not true. We all like "removing some of the load from the tow vehicle's rear axle and
distributing it to the tow vehicles front axle and the trailer's axle(s)"
Did you forget that none of us liked "distributes tongue weight" as this can easily be misinterpreted???
From Ron: " A reader easily could interpret this as meaning that a WD hitch decreases tongue weight. The same reader could believe that decreasing tongue weight can contribute to sway and, therefore, choose not to use a WD hitch.
Secondly, if I knew nothing about how a WD hitch operates, the statement would lead me to believe that weight is removed from the tongue and added BOTH to the front axle AND to the rear axle. We know this is not the case."
Tim, I do not wish to overcomplicate the definition by stating HOW the WD system works. I lengthened the last sentence to include the second important FUNCTION or FEATURE of the WD system. I am not sure why you cannot see this.
