Ron Gratz wrote:
The approximately equal drop approach no longer is recommended by the majority of TV and WDH manufacturers.
The following statement also no longer applies to current practice:
9. Release the spring bars, remove the chains, and put the chains back on at a different
link. Repeat steps 7 and 8 until you find which link makes the tow vehicle’s front and rear both drop, and drop by the same amount. {NOTE: Some people feel that the front end of the tow vehicle does not need to drop, or at least doesn’t have to drop as far as the rear end. I won’t try to give a definitive answer, except that the front end should not rise at all when you put the weight on the rear, and it should not drop more than the rear end drops.}
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The front end should not drop at all. In fact, Ford and GM/Chevrolet now specify for some vehicles that only 50% of the front-end rise should be eliminated via the WDH.
Ron, link a credible source for this?