Look - I just don't see what's wrong with using the phrase "distributes tongue weight". What other weight IS there that needs to be held off the ground when you hook up a trailer? (Unless the cargo is shifting around) No, any other "weights" - as you might call them - coming into play are forces generated by the WD system. That's all there is.
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Tim,
You sound like me about 8 pages back. That was one of MY arguments. Ron proved me wrong and I admit that. One of the reasons it was so hard for me to grasp the WD concept was that "distributes tongue weight" was all I ever heard or read. The fact is a WD system does not distribute tongue weight - saying so causes one to misinterpret.
You said " What other weight IS there that needs to be held off the ground when you hook up a trailer?"
Ron's point from the very first drawing was that tongue weight was never even considered. The job of the WD system is not to hold up or hold off the tongue weight. The job of the WD system is to remove load from the TV's rear axle and distribute load to the TV's front axle and the TT's axles. You seem to be doing a 180 here. I do not have a problem with saying that a WD system allows you to more effectively handle tongue weight.
From Ron's initial post on the top of page 1: It is interesting to note that TT weight and “tongue weight” do not enter into these calculations. 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.
