cruz-in wrote:
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2) In making my calculations of TW percentage, I was considering the wieght of the Hensley and support equipment that stays permanently on the TW of the trailer. Just like the propane and batteriens on the tongue.
3) Hensley tells me that (minus the wieght of the Hensley) I should stay at or bleow 1400 TW to be in spec,
4) As the weight of the permanently attached Hensleycomponents is a about 150 pounds, I was are 1550 pounds of TW.
3) 1550/12000 got e to my approximater 13% TW.
An alternative insteresting thread might be on whether to include the weight of the permanently attached Hensley components in the TW...Given that it is hard mounted to the TW, just like the Barttery and LP, sure seeems to me it should be considered.
H'mm, interesting. So Hensley told you the 150# hanging on the ball coupler is "not" part of the TW that their WD shank and WD bars are acting on? Did I understand that right? Well there may be some thought to that as correct. Or partly correct.
The Hensley is unique and weighs more then a standard WD hitch head & shank by ~ 50 to 75 lb approx. To the truck receiver, I believe it is standard practice of the receiver builders they account for the weight of a standard WD hitch head and shank in the rating of the receiver and is not really part of the trailer TW rating they declare. But the Hensley is heavier. If we are only talking 50 to 75# in reality, this may be noise in the weights and not large enough to affect the truck receiver. However, it is all part of payload the truck has to bear regardless of how it gets there.
Adding "all" the weight of the Hensley head to the TW may be an incorrect assumption. Adding ~ 50 to 75# may be more correct which is above the average weight of a standard WD hitch head and shank.
As far as LP in the tanks and batteries, to me, that is all part of trailer TW. It is cargo in the trailer that the trailer ball coupler is bearing. Technically the Hensley snap up or chain lift brackets are on the A frame and half the WD bar weight is hanging on the A frame. That part on the A frame I would see as added TW. Again this is not a lot of weight, but in pure theory it is adding cargo to the trailer. Just like a conventional WD hitch does on it's snap ups or L brackets. Again, not a lot of weight and this may get lost in the tolerance of TW.
