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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ktmrfs wrote:
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.
I agree, the point is to move weight back onto the steering axle and it does create a moment arm at the hitch.
But if it's taking weight off the truck and putting it on the trailer axles, by definition, it's reducing the hitch weight.
So far you have shown no "myth".
