I was running heavy
All this talk of tires lately had me curious. I am on my way on a 5 day trip and passing by CAT scales. I noticed the wife and kids packed pretty heavy (I only brought at shirt and beer) and I had a f...
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RCMAN46 wrote:
I believe the OP has a travel trailer. If he has a WD system active when on the scales we do not have enough information to get an accurate tongue weight.
Total trailer weight should be accurate.
Tongue weight will probably be more as some of that weight should have been transfered to the trailer axles by the WD system.
I asked this a couple years back, and I can't remember the response. I'm confused as to why it is necessary to weigh with WD system disengaged. At no point during towing with a WDH is the tongue weight what it is without WD engaged. My understanding is that we are trying to determine the amount of tongue weight being carried by the TV. If that is the case, the amount transferred back to the trailer should not be factored into the TW calc. Can someone please clarify this for me?
