payload and WD hitch clarification
With four sons and a wife in a Nissan Armada with 1450 payload, tongue weight becomes a factor pretty quick. We're in the market for a camper that'll sleep all of us. What I believe I understand: ...
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fourboysdad wrote:Ron3rd wrote:
I think what the OP is trying to get answered is whether dead tongue weight is removed and transferred to axles when the WD is applied. In other words, is your tongue weight less when you pull up your WD bars.
Ron, exactly. I fully plan to add in all the necessary weights. You stated my request perfectly. Thanks.
I think you will find that it will be a "wash" in the end.
The WD hardware alone will easily add 100 lbs to the tongue. So really any thing "pushed" back to the trailer axles WILL be very little and the tongue weight will be nearly the same as it was before WD was applied.
Honestly, if you are down to counting weight this close you are simply going down a road which is not going to end happily.
Do yourself a favor and don't buy something so close to the ratings that you are depending on the WD to magically make the tongue "lighter".. The weight does not disappear into thin air..
