Too much WD bar?
It's been a while since I've had anything but a 5er so help me refresh my memory. Obviously having not enough spring to your WD bars is bad but can having too much be bad as well? If I'm shooting for...
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Ron Gratz wrote:
In theory, a WDH can be used to cause some of the weight of TV cargo plus TT tongue weight to carried equally on the TV's front and rear axles with the remainder of the weight transferred to the TT's axles.
Ron
Why would Reese be saying you need to add the TV cargo and tongue weights together to determine bar size? I seem to recall that Reese's chart used to show that for a given bar rating, the allowable tongue weight was something like 200-300 lbs either side of the rating? Why such a major departure? For higher cargo + TW weights, you'd also need to upgrade your receiver which is another expense most probably don't want to do. Just doesn't seem to make sense.
I'm quite happy with our 1200 lb trunnion bars with a 950 lb TW and DW, dog and camping stuff in the truck. Going by Reese's chart, we should have 1500 lb bars or maybe even 1700 lbs and upgrade the receiver. This can't be right??
