What would you do?
Well, I have a dilemma on my hands. After buying a 2017 XD Titan last year only to find out I severely underestimated my research as to actual payload capacity of the truck. I decided I’d do even more...
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valhalla360 wrote:Optimistic Paranoid wrote:
I nevertheless get a bit nervous whenever somebody in a forum offers an opinion that appears to contradict logic and the laws of physics, at least in so far as I think I understand them.
If you are running with rear COG personally, do you have with and without scale readings on your setup?
While having it slightly ahead of the rear axle is better...the laws of physics say it's not really a big deal unless it gets extreme.
Let's take a 4000lb camper on a 16ft wheel base:
- 0.5 ft ahead of the axle: 125lb will be added to the front axle and 3875 will be added to the rear axle.
- 0.5 ft behind the axle: It will remove 125lb from the front axle and add 4125lb to the rear axle.
Taking 125lb off a 3500lb front axle shouldn't impact steering. In fact going from diesel to gas will remove as much or more weight from the front axle.
Adding 250lb to the rear axle is only an issue if it pushes you over the rear axle rating.
By comparison, a 4000lb trailer (no WDH) 4 ft behind the rear axle and 15% tongue weight (600lb)...will take 150lb off the front axle (more than the truck camper). It does only add 750lb to the rear axle.
Don't be breakin out no mathematics and common sense now...
Moment diagrams are not proven, lol, they're the devil Billy Busche! (Adam Sandler)
CoG behind the center of rear axle is pretty much a foregone traffic accident!!