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avvidclif1 wrote:jus2shy wrote:avvidclif1 wrote:jus2shy wrote:
Just a quick note. You're putting 300 to 400 lbs on the front of your truck. However, your fulcrum is your front axle. So even though you're putting 300 lbs on the front of the truck, you are also going to pull a few hundred pounds from the rear as well. So you may be putting an additional 500 or 700 lbs on the front axle of your truck. It'll help spread more pin-weight to the front axle and give your rear axle a little relieve, but you already have a heavy engine on the front tires. Also note that you will have yourself and anything between the tires putting some weight on the front axle as well. Check how much overhead you have.
California Physics???????
That 500 to 700 is inclusive of the scooters weight. Regardless, you are going to have a teeter totter effect. So you do pull weight above the scooters towards the front. The same principle allows a weight distribution hitch to put weight on the front axle, using the rear axle as the fulcrum.
The fulcrum on a weight distributing hitch is the hitch itself, not the rear axle, think about it. The rear of the truck goes up and the front down, it doesn't pivot on the rear axle.
โAug-23-2014 08:06 AM
jus2shy wrote:avvidclif1 wrote:jus2shy wrote:
Just a quick note. You're putting 300 to 400 lbs on the front of your truck. However, your fulcrum is your front axle. So even though you're putting 300 lbs on the front of the truck, you are also going to pull a few hundred pounds from the rear as well. So you may be putting an additional 500 or 700 lbs on the front axle of your truck. It'll help spread more pin-weight to the front axle and give your rear axle a little relieve, but you already have a heavy engine on the front tires. Also note that you will have yourself and anything between the tires putting some weight on the front axle as well. Check how much overhead you have.
California Physics???????
That 500 to 700 is inclusive of the scooters weight. Regardless, you are going to have a teeter totter effect. So you do pull weight above the scooters towards the front. The same principle allows a weight distribution hitch to put weight on the front axle, using the rear axle as the fulcrum.
โAug-22-2014 06:56 PM
โAug-22-2014 06:41 PM
avvidclif1 wrote:jus2shy wrote:
Just a quick note. You're putting 300 to 400 lbs on the front of your truck. However, your fulcrum is your front axle. So even though you're putting 300 lbs on the front of the truck, you are also going to pull a few hundred pounds from the rear as well. So you may be putting an additional 500 or 700 lbs on the front axle of your truck. It'll help spread more pin-weight to the front axle and give your rear axle a little relieve, but you already have a heavy engine on the front tires. Also note that you will have yourself and anything between the tires putting some weight on the front axle as well. Check how much overhead you have.
California Physics???????
โAug-22-2014 05:21 PM
jus2shy wrote:
Just a quick note. You're putting 300 to 400 lbs on the front of your truck. However, your fulcrum is your front axle. So even though you're putting 300 lbs on the front of the truck, you are also going to pull a few hundred pounds from the rear as well. So you may be putting an additional 500 or 700 lbs on the front axle of your truck. It'll help spread more pin-weight to the front axle and give your rear axle a little relieve, but you already have a heavy engine on the front tires. Also note that you will have yourself and anything between the tires putting some weight on the front axle as well. Check how much overhead you have.
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57 Panhead wrote:donn0128 wrote:
Sure why not. No reason not to whats another 300 pounds when your already overloaded
And you know this how?
No need to comment at all if you are just going to be sarcastic and arrogant. I can never understand the need some feel to make cutting non productive comments here.
To the OP, the only concern I would have as stated above, is the effect it could have on the air flow to your radiator and tranny/oil coolers.
Steve
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