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jmtandem
Nov 15, 2015Explorer II
I've read most everything regarding setting up a WDH and think I have a pretty good handle on the concepts. However, on my setup I have the hitch ball angle tilted back a good bit(6 washers), I crank the bars (#1,000) so they are level with the ground and with the trailer tongue. In that position the front axle of the TV has exactly the same weight on it as it does when not hitched and the rear axle has about #950 more than when unhitched. The trailer axles weigh #6900.
It seems that there should be around #450 more on the front axle when hitched than when unhitched. The TV front and rear axles have exactly the same weights on them when unhitched so it seems logical they should have the same weights when hitched. To accomplish that I would have to take another link or two on the chain which will result in the bars being angled up toward the trailer instead of parallel to the ground and tongue. I'm not sure that would transfer #450 more to the front of the TV but it would surely transfer something up there.
I'm not over weight on anything for the trailer or for the TV and the TV and trailer sit perfectly level when hitched and fender measurements are the same hitched or unhitched. I tow with a Nissan Armada and it has an auto leveling air suspension system that makes setting up using fender measurements kind of difficult. I can stick an extra #1500 in the rear of the TV and it will sit perfectly level due the auto level system. I can remove that same #1500 and it will self adjust to be perfectly level again. I can't set things up with the auto level fuse removed because then the rear of the TV sits on the TV axle stops even without the trailer connected.
Any thoughts
If it tows well you should be good. Only add back to the front axle the weight taken off by the tongue, not more, if that! Check the specs for your tow vehicle and determine if you should add back all the tongue weight taken off by the trailer's tongue or only half or some other percent. Some truck manufacturers specify how much tongue weight should be added back to the front axle using a WD hitch. Go to the scales to set that weight amount not measuring fenders or bumper to ground.
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