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what you don't know. For all the newbies on here this is my experience in hitches. Bought our new trailer and Equal-izer hitch from a high volume dealer. Trailer is 10k gvwr and 1286 brochure tongue w...
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campigloo wrote:
Engineers are all in the weight distribution hitch business. They put all of those load ratings on hitches and balls just to keep their stock prices up. It’s an industry wide conspiracy.
I am not sure I get what your point is...But let me add this:
The engineering department is not the Marketing department, they do not set prices. Generally the engineering department is given a set of criteria, Price point, Cost, Ease of assy. and Safety Factor etc. And they go about designing the product to meet those criteria.
In the case of these types of hitches, this in reality is what I would call "1st Grade Engineering", ie. it's not rocket science, no FEA (Finite Element Analysis) is required...it is the most basic of engineering skills, materials, mechanics and economics. Even the means of productions is dead simple in these cases. What you have in reality in these hitches could have been designed by any competent non-degreed Mechanical Designer.
There is recognition that a huge market exists for these products especially if they can be sold through advertising that emphasizes Fear. (Your Safety Depends on this!) Which is patently false. But it sells. And the engineers have nothing to do with that decision.
