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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BarneyS wrote:This logic comes up here from time to time. Most always from someone whose TV is falling shy of being able to handle the TW of a TT they have, or want to buy.... This thinking is grasping at straws. It simply is wrong. TW doesn't disappear. It needs to be figured with the WD disconnected.Lance72 wrote:
Does a WDH transfer weight back to the trailer? seems counter productive to keeping a certain percentage of tongue weight.
Lance,
Yes, it certainly does. However, the actual tongue weight of the trailer, which is part of the reason a trailer might have a tendency to sway or not, does not change. Only the force on the axles of the truck and trailer are changed. The only way to actually change the tongue weight of the trailer is to load it differently, move the axles, or extend the tounge. Using a WD hitch does NOT change the tongue weight of the trailer. It only changes the effects of that tongue weight on the tow vehicle.
Hope this helps. How a WD hitch works.X2.
Barney
