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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The WD hitch is intended to shift the trailer tongue weight from the rear wheel to the front wheels and trailer. This levels the load and improves TV steering and breaking.
Jacking up the bars to shift more weight to the front axle make little sense as you are now reducing the rear wheel load.
Put simply, adding the TT tongue weight to the TV causes it to sag. The WD hitch uses the bar tension to remove the sag by shifting some of the tongue weight back to the front wheels and the TT. The TV is level, the TT is level, the tongue weight has been more evenly distributed. The WD hitch is doing its job.
There is nothing mysterious here.
Jacking up the bars to shift more weight to the front axle make little sense as you are now reducing the rear wheel load.
Put simply, adding the TT tongue weight to the TV causes it to sag. The WD hitch uses the bar tension to remove the sag by shifting some of the tongue weight back to the front wheels and the TT. The TV is level, the TT is level, the tongue weight has been more evenly distributed. The WD hitch is doing its job.
There is nothing mysterious here.
