Another Hitch Set Up Question

As far as the wd bars being parallel with the trailer frame, what style wdh do you have, round bar or trunnion? As mentioned, the round bar system can point up slightly (or down slightly) as long as there is clearance for the bars so they don't hit the trailer frame. BUT if you have a trunnion system you generaly need the bars to be angled down to clear the trailer frame, especially the lug that goes into the hitch head. It could hit the frame in an extremely tight turn.

hohenwald48 wrote:
It would be nice to get an unhitched weight for the TT axles and tongue but I don't know if the CAT scale folks would want me to take the time to un-hitch and re-hitch on their scales. I might ask them sometime.

I suppose I could remove the spring bars and everything and just pull on the scale with the ball. That would speed up the hitch/unhitch process and keep me from tying up the scale too long.

Weigh your rig 3 times to figure all the weights.
1: Truck and trailer ready to roll down the road with the wd bars latched up.
2: Truck and trailer, but with the wd bars unlatched. Place them in the back of the truck.
3: Truck only. Leave the wdh head in and the bars in the bck of the truck.

This way you can figure your tw along with all the other weights.

take #2 fa+ra, and then subtract #3 (fa+ra) (total scale weight: no trailer). This is your tw!

What is the rear axle rating of your Armada? It sounds like you may be near the max.