WDH - how much does it reduce tongue weight?
We've been told that a good load distribution hitch will redistribute as much as 30% of the tongue weight. The vehicle we want can tow 7500# but is limited to a tongue weight of 600#. If what we...
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If you put 100 lbs in a wheelbarrow, it has 100 lbs in it (think of that as your tongue weight).
Now, lift up on the handles and what are you doing? You are distributing that 100 lbs between the front wheel (the vehicles front axle) and your legs (the trailer axles).
Has the original 100 lbs load in the wheelbarrow changed? No, it still weighs 100 lbs. (just as whatever your tongue weight is, it's still the same after applying a WD hitch)
You can reduce the amount of "payload" that is being applied to the vehicle because some of that payload is going to the trailer axles (your legs in the wheelbarrow example).
So, with your #700+ tongue weight trailer, lightening it up is only going to make for a lousy tow because it's now gonna sway on you...
Good luck!
Mitch
Now, lift up on the handles and what are you doing? You are distributing that 100 lbs between the front wheel (the vehicles front axle) and your legs (the trailer axles).
Has the original 100 lbs load in the wheelbarrow changed? No, it still weighs 100 lbs. (just as whatever your tongue weight is, it's still the same after applying a WD hitch)
You can reduce the amount of "payload" that is being applied to the vehicle because some of that payload is going to the trailer axles (your legs in the wheelbarrow example).
So, with your #700+ tongue weight trailer, lightening it up is only going to make for a lousy tow because it's now gonna sway on you...
Good luck!
Mitch
