mdcamping wrote:
Mike Up wrote:
mdcamping wrote:
and you are saying there is still 650 or close to 650 LBS on my receiver?
correct?
Mike
Yes, the WDH moves weight from the rear axle, not the hitch receiver. Adjusting the WDH does not take weight off of the hitch at all, just takes weight off of the rear axle.
With more than a 13% tongue weight, you'll be over 650 lbs with a trailer that weighs 5000 lbs.
That's most likely why Tacoma and GMC/Chevy owners were breaking welds on their hitches, because they we weighing their rigs at the scales with the weight distribution hitch spring bars attached and leveling their rig. To properly find your hitch weight, you need to disengage your spring bars when you weigh it at the scales.
You can re-engage it to weigh and see if your axle weights and payload are correct and within ratings but that doesn't weigh your hitch/tongue of your camper.
Well I have to eat crow on this one... my mistake. Though I'm almost certain I don't have an issue. I will look into this before I start my 2015 camping season.
Mike
I must not be understanding this. Why do the hitches have two ratings then, one for dead weight and one for weight distributing?
