Weight Distributing Hitches
We upgraded from a 24 foot travel trailer to a 33 foot travel trailer this summer. We are towing with a Ford F150 with Eco Boost engine. The truck is rated to tow up to 9600 and our TT is 6500 so we...
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TriciaR1970 wrote:
Thanks again - one last question - a WD hitch actually reduces tongue weight does it not?
No. The only way to reduce tongue weight is to shift your cargo around. The tongue will weigh what it weighs. If the tongue weighs, for example, 1,000 lbs. without a WDH it will still weigh 1,000 lbs with one.
The WDH will shift part of the downward force created by the weight of the tongue on the receiver back to the TT axles and forward to the front axles of the tow vehicle.
There’s a pretty involved discussion about this going on here http://www.rv.net/forum/index.cfm/fuseaction/thread/tid/27430013.cfm
