Pick up to Trailer space

1stgenfarmboy wrote:
How would a 2-3 inch longer reciever make any difference towing with a WDH hooked up? I can see if you were not using a WDH how it would put alot more stress on the hitch.


I need to be learned..

A lot will also depend upon the hitch wt of the trailer. A 100 lbs of hitch wt an additional foot behind will not harm handling much vs a ball mount a foot forward.

BUT, if you were to put 1000+ lbs a foot farther back....... one will notice this more.

It will also depend upon the wB of the rig, how close you were to the center of the axel at the start, before moving back. The ext vans, a foot more would be more worry some with the ball being 7-9' behind the axle with 6000 lbs of axel rating, vs my dumptruck is 4' vs 5' on a 16K GAWR axel. A few other things between these two scenario's, the van has a 130 or so inch WB, the dumptruck 185". So said lever arms behind the axel are way less on one, vs the other. 1000 lbs on the springs of the dumptuck, might push them down 1/4", the Van 2-3". Frame on fan went from tail up, to potentially tail down. DUmp truck is riding basically empty as far as it is concerned.

As Tom mentions, many factors to include as to how bad, or good the moving of the ball itself back will effect a given rig. Be that with or with out a WD system. Not sure a WD is needed with dumptruck. I only pull 60-100 lbs off the FA with my equipment trailer connected, and that fully loaded has 1500-1600 lbs of hitchweight. On a pickup with a 6K ra capacity, my reg can loses some 500-600 lbs, the crew cabs with a 6-8K rear axel, 200-400 lbs! Not a simple answer frankly.....it is based on many factors.

marty