what if tongue weight is the only "problem"?

Turtle n Peeps wrote:

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.

Exactly without weight distribution we know some weight is being removed from the front axle. the question is how much? I can understand your desire not to add weight to the front axle. However removing it can also have negative effects.
Ideally the WDH will keep front axle weight the same as unhitched.
The only way to really know what the effects are is with a CAT scale.