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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Ron Gratz wrote:Francesca Knowles wrote:Tongue weight remains the same -- it is not changed by the application of WD.
As used above, does "tongue weight" refer to its original weight before W/D is added?
If it's correct to assume that force to be concentrated at the attachment point on the frame, can/would it be expressed as so-many-pounds-per...something?
The force exerted on the A-frame is expressed in pounds -- just as tongue weight is expressed in pounds.
Ron
I understood that tongue weight remains the same- was just asking if that (original) number is the one you refer to in your statement re. pounds of force (below).
Ron Gratz wrote:
The second bar also will exert the same force on its A-frame. Total downward force on the "tongue" will be approximately twice the tongue weight.
