what if tongue weight is the only "problem"?
I just set up my Airstream 28' with a 2016 F250 diesel equipped with Ride Rite airbags and an adjustable height hitch. As set up, my setup at about 20 lbs in the airbags gives me a level truck and le...
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Lantley wrote:Turtle n Peeps wrote:
Not really. The best handling vehicles have a 50/50 weight bias.
I'm towing around the same load you are with a 2500 diesel. I don't want to transfer any weight to the front. With a diesel over the front axel I don't want to transfer any more weight to the front.
That said, I do have a WD hitch but I don't transfer any weight with it. I just hand snap them up and call it good. I tried to transfer some weight and it just does not ride as good or handle as good. This way it can take some porpoising out of the ride without transferring a bunch of weight to the front again.
It always amuses me that people want to put weight in the back of their truck to get more traction in the winter but then when they tow they want to jack a bunch of weight forward again. :R
Without a WDH hitch are you removing weight from the front axle?
What does the CAT scale say?
Any time I have something hitched to the rear it will remove weight from the front. (Think teeter totter)I just don't want to transfer it back to the front with a WDH. I try to get as close to a 50/50 vehicle as I can. With a heavy diesel in the front there is no reason to transfer any more weight to the front.
