When is a WDH neccessary
Have parked the 5TH on a lot never to be towed again by me, replaced the TV with a considerable smaller truck. Looking at buying a small TT of no larger than 20ft and 4000 Lbs. max loaded. Have ins...
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Rover_Bill wrote:BarneyS wrote:
...Given all factors being the same, then putting a weight behind the rear axle of the tow vehicle will always remove weight from the front axle. It doesn't matter how much the front of the truck weighs - the weight will still come off....
Barney
This is true if you DO NOT have a properly setup WDH. A properly setup WDH will ADD weight to the steering axle and remove weight from the drive axle. That what the WDH is designed to do. My WDH added 200# to the steering axle.
I agree with you but I was responding to the statement that I quoted from your previous post on how to tell if you need a WD hitch. You made a blanket statement that was not accurate and which I quoted in my post (the word "if"in your last sentence of that post).
Notice that I said in my last sentence "The owner then needs to decide whether the truck is still within specs or whether WD is needed."
Barney
