With the numorous trailers I have pulled, depending upon the truck and trailer.....it can vary as to how much is pulled off the front, how much one wants to put back on the front...
I've personally found that in the Crew cabs I have had, if i remove more than around 300-400 lbs off the FA< I need to start putting back the amount that gets me less than this 300-400 lbs I took off. Otherwise, in some slick conditions, I found the front tires would lock up. When with in 200 lbs, I rarely locked up the front tires in slick conditions. This includes going down a 10% grade in snowing abd blowing conditions, with compacted snow and ice that one could not walk on well. But the chains on the truck, trailer, none on the front. I stopped fine, no locking the front tires up.
If I pull off less than this amount, while the WD is nice to have, it does keep the trailer from rocking side to side more vs no WD. The dual cam I got, keeps this side to side rocking even less in cross winds.
That is my way of doing it.
marty
