Batteries making my rig lean?
So...took the rig for a little drive after I got 3x220AH batteries into the newly welded box, which is a little over 500lbs added to the driver's side. Alignment was a little off. Took it on a lon...
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HiTech wrote:
Look at my 8:50 am post.
500 pounds over one end of one axle (say batteries right over the wheels) affects that corner the same way as 2000 lbs added to the center of gravity of the vehicle.
Jim
Well, I don't see an 8:50 am post, but your logic still escapes me. The basic law of statics says that the sum of forces equals zero. For example if I fill my FW tank that is at the very aft end of my trailer it weighs 500 lbs. At that location it subtracts approx. 100 lbs from the pin weight but adds those 100 lbs to the axle which now has to carry 600 lbs instead of just 500. Maybe you could explain further?
