WD Jacks on ProPride

hddecker wrote:

PacNWChris wrote:
Here's one for the ProPride people:

How high up do you typically jack up the weight distribution bars?

I realize that each of your set-ups is different from mine, and it might depend on how much cargo you've got loaded, but I'm just looking to get an idea of a range that people go for.

Our truck has an app in the on-board computer that lets us look at the "pitch" and "roll" ... so I usually set it so the truck is pitch is 0°. I also used a paint pen to make small, measured graduations on the inner shaft of the jacks so I know how high up I've raised them.

Thanks!

Mine is a Hensley, I set mine up based on the loaded trailer and fully loaded truck. First I scaled the truck and calculated the weight distribution front axle to rear. For simplicity sake 55 front axle and 45% rear axle. Then hooked up the TT and adjusted until I got back into that ball park.

Do a test run and see yow it feels for ride, steering and braking, fine tuned it and got to where it felt good. Now it's load and go, until something changes the weight distribution in the rig.

I found you can go too far with weight distribution, get too much weight on the front axle and you feel every expansion joint and lump in the road and if you don't have 4 wheel ABS, you can lockuo the rear wheels.

Okay, thanks. I guess the reason I ask is because I've seen pictures online that show the WD bars jacked up to the point they are actually "bending" a bit. Here are a couple of examples:

http://popupbackpacker.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/ProPride-1a.jpg

http://my.webpix.ca/d/65-1/IMG_4607e.JPG

I realize this isn't bad ... but mine don't seem that extreme. There is NO PLAY in the bars when I try to move them with my foot after I've cranked them up. Towing doesn't feel particularly bumpy ... we've been towing for years (two boats, two TT), so I get that you *feel* more of the road when towing.

Thoughts? Thanks again! :)