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BenK
Jan 09, 2015Explorer
Didn't know that specification was so low and agree that it should be higher, but
even higher than Andy says
Think about it
Take, say a 10,000 lb trailer. It can have tongue weights ranging from 1,000 lbs
to 1,500 lbs
Then the moment all the way out to the ball. Than can be many inches to more than
a foot and half.
WD factors this
All that is static
Now toss in dynamic loads of...say a Whoop-Dee-Do that dynamically increases
that 1K to 1.5K static force into a dynamic force several times that.
That doesn't just happen once either
even higher than Andy says
Think about it
Take, say a 10,000 lb trailer. It can have tongue weights ranging from 1,000 lbs
to 1,500 lbs
Then the moment all the way out to the ball. Than can be many inches to more than
a foot and half.
WD factors this
All that is static
Now toss in dynamic loads of...say a Whoop-Dee-Do that dynamically increases
that 1K to 1.5K static force into a dynamic force several times that.
That doesn't just happen once either
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