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09KZMXT266
May 10, 2013Explorer
carringb wrote:09KZMXT266 wrote:
I guess I really don't understand then. When I disconnect the trailer the truck weighs 800 lbs less. Why would that mean the TW was 1000 lbs.? I'm not getting it. It really upsets me too that the manufacturerer said the TW was 620 lbs. that's 380 lbs off if you are correct.
Its because the missing 200 pounds was sitting on the trailer axle. Weight distribution "sends" weight both directions. I actually remove some links on my WD on my Jayco trailer because the axles were overloaded if I did full weight distribution.
BTW - if you think the specs on your TH were bad.... My Weekend Warrior had a "dry" tongue weight of 850 pounds. My actual dry tongue weight was 1800 pounds, and if I had the tanks full and kitchen stocked and nothing in the garage, it was 3200 pounds! I had to custom fab my receiver to handle the tongue weight (with PE approval) and my first hitch (a Hensley) tore itself apart on the first trip.
Okay, now you're scaring the heck out of me. :) Guess I still have a lot to learn. I would have thought that if the truck by itself weighed 5000 lbs without a trailer and 5500 lbs with one, the TW would be 500 lbs. 5500-5000=500?
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