Axle rating vs GVWR
Hi all, I was crawling around in the gravel under the trailer this weekend adjusting my trailer's brakes and took the opportunity to have a look see at the stuff underneath. I noticed that my trai...
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Longtrace wrote:
The tow vehicle will be carrying some of the weight until a weight distributing hitch is involved.
The whole purpose of a weight distributing hitch is to transfer weight from the back axle of the tow vehicle to the trailer axle(s) and the tow vehicle steer axle.
Without any real data and just going off the theory, about 50% of the distributed weight will end up on the trailer axle(s).
My trailer is the same way. According to the weight vehicle label, the axles are rated for 600 lbs less than GVWR. Which is about the the tongue weight. (2800 lb/ axle) However, I think the weigh rating on the axle itself is 3500 lbs.
yes, WD hitch will transfer TV weight to the trailer axles. calculating how much is fairly lengthy. My experience on two vehicles is that about 30% of the tongue weight is about how much of the TV weight is transferred to the trailer axles. Each case is different, about the only way to know for sure is to measure axles weights with and without WD hooked up. Note: WD does NOT change tongue weight, it only shifts weight from the TV rear axles to the TV front axle and trailer axles.
