Tongue weight limits and wdh
What happens with the tongue weight limit when you are using a weight distributing hitch? My Tacoma says the the tongue weight limit is 650 lbs. Does that mean that if my trailer has a tongue weigh...
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valhalla360 wrote:ktmrfs wrote:
How much did the sum of your TV front axle, rear axle and trailer axle change? that is how much the tongue weight changed. I bet the sum of the weights didn't change by more than 50lbs.
The WD hitch moved weight from the TV rear axle to the trailer and TV front axles.
The total of all axles (truck and trailer) doesn't tell us anything about tongue weight.
The tongue weight is the weight of the trailer minus the weight on the trailer axles.
Alternatively, you can also do it by comparing the truck axle weights by themselves vs the truck axle weights with the trailer attached. The difference is tongue weight.
With the WDH attached, more weight is on the trailer. On mine, the CAT scales said it was around 200lb less with the WDH connected vs just the ball by itself (bars were placed on the A-frame so the weight of the bars didn't impact the results).
more weight is on the trailer axles, but less weight is on the TV axles. WD hitch does NOT change tongue weight. All it does is change the axle weight loading of the trailer and TV.
Myth 1: Using a Weight-Distribution Hitch Decreases My Tongue Weight!
This myth is like a cockroach: It’s nasty, dangerous, and hard to kill.
The purpose of a weight-distribution hitch is to restore weight to the front axle that was transferred to the rear axle of your tow vehicle.
In doing so, it transfers some of the hitch weight to the axles of your trailer.
This can be a difficult concept to grasp (believe me, I know!) – but a weight-distribution hitch doesn’t reduce the tongue weight of your camper! It applies a moment (torque) at the connection to reduce the hitch weight seen by your truck.
