Can I use a WDH on a DP
I tow a 22' enclosed trailer behind the DP in my signature. It has a 10,000 lb hitch with a 1000 lb tongue weight capacity. I have been hauling a UTV weighing 1100 lbs in the front and a 3200 lb...
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larry cad wrote:tropical36 wrote:ACDNate wrote:
I'm not sure I understand why, those of you who said so, you don't think a wdh will help.
I've used a wdh with a trailer behind my truck and it significantly lightened the load on the rear end of the truck and put some weight back to the front axle.
Why would it not have the same affect here?
I've often asked the same question, but have never heard from anybody using one and giving the actual weight transfer.
It's gotta do something towards that goal, so the question is how much.
A WDH operates differently on a DP than on a spring supported chassis. The DP changes ride height of the DP automatically to compensate for additional weight on the coach. A WDH works to change the ride height of the vehicle it is attached to so that the rear doesn't drop with a heavy tongue weight.
In the end, all "parts" of the train weigh the same and the weight is distributed somewhere. If there is a weak link, and too much of the weight is distributed there, it will break. Since the DP automatically adjusts ride height, a WDH, which does the same thing, isn't necessary and may cause weight to be distributed to the wrong place when the DP readjusts what the WDH does when you crank on the spring bar.
So you're saying that since I have a 1500lb hitch, that I can still tow with that amount, even though, my rear axle is already at max. and given that I'm still a ton to the good on the steer axle and with some of that weight shifting back to the trailer axle, itself. That being the case, my rear axle wouldn't weigh any more than it does now, which would be great, if I should ever have the need.
How about it bjbear and do you concur as well?
