hitch weight
im getting ready to buy a freedom express 301blds but found out that the hitch weight is 950#'s and my truck,f-250 diesel srw,is only rated for 850#'s...is it too much over or will it be ok
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Ron Gratz wrote:tomman58 wrote:That's true -- but you still will end up with a net increase in load on the rear axle.
Weight distributing is sending more to the front.
If the tongue weight is, say, 1200#, attaching the TT with no WD applied will cause the front axle load to decrease by about 500# and will cause the rear axle load to increase by about 1700#.
If you adjust the WDH to restore 50% of the front-end lost load, the rear-end added load will decrease to about 1350#.
If you adjust the WDH to restore 100% of the front-end lost load, the rear-end added load will decrease to about 1000#.
So, it's likely you'll end up with 1000# or more added to the rear axle relative to the unhitched load.
Ron
I agree BUT when I travel with a trailer that has a tongue weight of 1100# and run my tries at the recommended pressure (75#) the center tread suffers. Go Fish. I will add that the damage to the tire didn't show up until around 10,000 miles of towing/ sightseeing. A lot of that towing.
