Driveway Incline Issue
Greetings, new RV owner here. 18ft KeyStone Light 2016 and 2003 Tahoe with sway bar kit. We purchased our RV from Camping World and they delivered which allowed me to learn not to drive on the highw...
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Hey John, I've always been curious about something with WD and your post reminded me about it.
For years we have all advised new owners using WD to use the tongue jack to raise the trailer and truck mounting junction up high in the air during hookup giving an angle like this /\. By raising the hitch point high, we remove the weight and make the process of hooking the bars substantially easier. I know with my system when I raise the setup up high I can just swing the bars on by hand and have never, ever, in 17 years used the included pry tool to hook the bars.
But we all know that for every action there is an equal and opposite reaction. So doesn't the hitch weight go up and I assume substantially if he leaves the bars hooked up through a angle such as in the pictures and gives an angle like \/?
The dry weight of his trailer is 4,790 lbs with a hitch weight of 560. These weights are very similar to my trailer which when fully loaded has weights of ~ 6,000 and a tongue weight of ~ 850. So is it better to leave the WD hooked up and put a ton of weight on the hitch with the angle like a \/ or is it better to go with the bars off?
For years we have all advised new owners using WD to use the tongue jack to raise the trailer and truck mounting junction up high in the air during hookup giving an angle like this /\. By raising the hitch point high, we remove the weight and make the process of hooking the bars substantially easier. I know with my system when I raise the setup up high I can just swing the bars on by hand and have never, ever, in 17 years used the included pry tool to hook the bars.
But we all know that for every action there is an equal and opposite reaction. So doesn't the hitch weight go up and I assume substantially if he leaves the bars hooked up through a angle such as in the pictures and gives an angle like \/?
The dry weight of his trailer is 4,790 lbs with a hitch weight of 560. These weights are very similar to my trailer which when fully loaded has weights of ~ 6,000 and a tongue weight of ~ 850. So is it better to leave the WD hooked up and put a ton of weight on the hitch with the angle like a \/ or is it better to go with the bars off?
