Weighing rv
This is a silly question I am sure, but here it goes. I know you can weigh your rig at a truck stop on their scales. I was wondering if you can use those random truck scales on the side of the high...
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rbpru wrote:
I do not know or care about the unhitched trailer tongue weight before it was redistributed by the WD hitch, because I do no tow without the WD hitch.
There have been many discussions about this over the years. The engineers on this forum disagree with your thinking. I do not remember the exact reasoning, but TW WITHOUT WD needs to be under your TVs rating...
As usual on this forum, those with TVs that do not have sufficient rating, want to figure it the other way.
For example: Lets say your TV has a 500# limit without WD, and a 1000" limit with. (a very common rating)
WD shift about 1/3 of that weight to the Front axle of the TV, and about 1/3 to the TT axles.
Under your thinking, you could now go all the way up to 1333# of TW.... In fact some go even further. They go by what weight WD leaves on the rear axle. That means that they think the TW rating can go up to 1666#!!! Does that really make any sense?
Disclaimer: these figures are a guestimation. The actual numbers depend on several factors such as the TVs rear overhang, wheelbase, and the TTs distance from hitch to axles.
People are very good at rationalizing things the way they want them to be.... Rather than seeing them the way they are.
