Wheelbase and weight distributing hitches
We have a F350 short bed, crew cab TV. Our trailer is a 7,000 lb (loaded), 1000 lb tongue weight 27ft Kodiak (30 ft back to ball). I have read in several threads that wheelbase is a factor in weight d...
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TomG2 wrote:Terryallan wrote:
I would really like to see the language in the GM manual, on how to setup a WDH on their vehicles. It's hard to imagine it's ok for the front end to be sticking up in the air, with the headlights shining in the tree tops.
What kind of pickup are you driving that makes the front end "stick up in the air"? On my 2500HD, the front end rise is less than one inch with over 700 pounds of tongue weight. The manuals are available online.
OK I found it in the GM manual. Says the same thing that Ford says. Return 1/2 of the raised hitched height to the front end.
From GM.
When using a weight-distributing
hitch, measure distance (1) before
coupling the trailer to the hitch ball.
Measure the height again after the
trailer is coupled and adjust the
spring bars so the distance (1) is as
close as possible to halfway
between the two measurements.
So Nothing changed. You still move at least 1/2 of the lost weight to the front.
