Weight distributing hitch math?
If I understand the numbers correctly, a WD hitch transfers about 25% of the ball weight back onto the TT axels and divides the remaining 75% more evenly between the front and rear axles of the TV. ...
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westend wrote:
Move blue arrow to the right in your depiction, Francesca. As Skip said, "weight is accounted for once". Applying force with the WDH does NOT increase your truck's payload rating. In fact using a WDH decreases the trucks available payload by the weight of the hitch.
I'm not asking about weight/payload capacity- I'm asking about the forces used to move the weight around. Can they be measured, and if so, how?
My main area of interest is the trailer frame, at that point where the red arrow is. Isn't that some sort of stress point? If so, how many "pounds of stress" is it under?
