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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Manual states "if using a weight distribution hitch when towing, return the front axle to the same weight as before the trailer connection."
I honestly don't know how you can keep a vehicle level as before unloaded, add almost 1000 lbs to the back end and not increase the weight on the front axle at all. I would assume it would have to increase some front axle weight or the vehicle would shift down in the rear, which the WDH is designed to counteract. Maybe I just don't understand how a WDH actually operates.
I mention staying level because the manual uses keeping the front at the same distance between the tire and fender as a means to ensure the weight load has not changed for the front axle.
Ok, I'm amused. The knowledgeable info I was quoting was posted by you in 2004. I assume I'm interpretation of you comments are wrong.
I honestly don't know how you can keep a vehicle level as before unloaded, add almost 1000 lbs to the back end and not increase the weight on the front axle at all. I would assume it would have to increase some front axle weight or the vehicle would shift down in the rear, which the WDH is designed to counteract. Maybe I just don't understand how a WDH actually operates.
I mention staying level because the manual uses keeping the front at the same distance between the tire and fender as a means to ensure the weight load has not changed for the front axle.
Ok, I'm amused. The knowledgeable info I was quoting was posted by you in 2004. I assume I'm interpretation of you comments are wrong.
