Travel trailer / tow vehicle combo question
Looking at a possible purchase and any input from the group Trailer is a Grand Design xls 22 rbe 4997 dry weight 498 hitch weight 6500 gvrw 26 ft long Looking to pull it with 2018 Ford ...
Forum Discussion
SoundGuy wrote:rjstractor wrote:
Yet another important factor is that if the WD hitch is adjusted correctly, the entire hitch weight is not carried by the vehicle alone- a portion of that hitch weight is transferred back onto the trailer axles.valhalla360 wrote:
This is incorrect.
A WD hitch does not transfer weight to the trailer axles.
What it does do is shift some of the hitch weight from the rear axle to the front axle.
Sorry to say but you are incorrect - a properly sized and adjusted weight distribution hitch does transfer some weight to the TV front steer axle plus some back to the trailer's axle(s). Weight Distribution 101. ;)
How WD Really Works
You are playing at semantics that really aren't true.
There is an upward force on the socket the ball goes into and and a downward force there the bar is connect at the back of the "A" frame. The addition of those two forces (subtraction in reality) is the hitch weight as the result is the force pushing down on the truck.
The weight on the trailer axles must be equal to the weight of trailer minus the hitch weight...which is what the truck sees as additional payload.
For the same hitch weight, the trailer axles will see the same load (in a static condition) with or without WD.
