GVWR Calculation Question
I am hoping for clarification that I am calculating my payload correctly. I am planning on purchasing (in process of this week) a 2014 Jayco Jay Flight 28BHBE travel trailer. I don't have the phys...
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Omodan wrote:
---I have seen a few posts from what appears to be very knowledgeable people as they discuss the effects of a WDH and the distribution of the hitch weight to the tow vehicles front and rear axle, as well as the trailers axle. Assuming they are right, the 960 becomes an added weight of 635 to the trucks payload. The other 1/3 of hitch weight is transferred to the trailer's axles.---
---I know the WDH should push 1/3 of the hitch weight to each of my tow vehicles axles "roughly" and the remaining third to the trailers axles. So an additional ~320 lbs moved to that front axle puts me right at that 4000 Front axle max weight rating.---I think you've gotten some bad information.
Does your Owners Manual say anything about adjuting a WDH?
The last information I saw said you should adjust the WDH to restore the front end to its unhitched load.
Doing so would cause zero net load change on the front axle, a load equal to about 75-80% of tongue weight added to the rear axle, and a load equal to about 20-80% of tongue weight added to the TT's axles.
Ron
