Anyone Else Have Trouble With WD Hitches?
I bought a 1500/15k Curt Hitch that is stretched and deformed after only a few uses. I run a 42" Supertruss and pull a trailer that has 950# of tongue weight and weighs 8500-9000#. I contacted etraile...
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There is math to show the answer, but I don't know it.
Levers. I think this is how you would look at this.
1) the folcrum is the rear axle of the truck.
2) I expect the rear of the hitch is 48" behind the axle. so this lever is 48".
3) The system is rated to hold 1500 lbs at the end of the 48" lever (hitch)
4) extend this lever to 90".
Now if you hang 950 lbs of weight on end of new lever length, would the multiplayer mean you really put 1900lbs of weight on the original 48" lever?
But then throw in weight distribution hitch, which is trying to put spring load into this lever to force load back to other side of fulcrum.
not sure.
Levers. I think this is how you would look at this.
1) the folcrum is the rear axle of the truck.
2) I expect the rear of the hitch is 48" behind the axle. so this lever is 48".
3) The system is rated to hold 1500 lbs at the end of the 48" lever (hitch)
4) extend this lever to 90".
Now if you hang 950 lbs of weight on end of new lever length, would the multiplayer mean you really put 1900lbs of weight on the original 48" lever?
But then throw in weight distribution hitch, which is trying to put spring load into this lever to force load back to other side of fulcrum.
not sure.
