ACZL wrote:
He just bought a new BH TT (brand I don't recall) and towing it with a burb. Has Anderson WD hitch and sway control.
Says he scaled it out and then asked me if the weight on trailer axles are supposed to be the same as axles or rear axle on the burb.
I could not give him an honest answer other than need to be level. Could you folks enlighten me and educate me please. Seems odd that a 5er yanker would be asking this.
That is an odd question he has, not sure where he found that info or tried to rationalize it.
You said the camper has "axles", meaning more than 1 axle. Assuming it is a tandem axle trailer (2 axle), those 2 axle weights are independent of the front and rear axle weights on the Suburban. And if he managed to split the trailer axles on 2 different scales, the front and rear axle on the camper can be different. They are not always the same, infact when using a WD hitch, often the front axle has more weight when the WD hitch is engaged and hooked up then when the WD hitch is not engaged/hooked up.
On the Suburban, the front axle and the rear axle most likely will differ also. This all depends on the loaded tongue weight of the camper, how much cargo is in the Suburban and where it is located, and how the WD hitch is adjusted. While the camper tongue weight is held by the truck, the WD system helps remove some of the weight off the back of the truck added by the trailer and puts it back on the front axle. You mentioned the Anderson WD hitch, if it is this one
https://andersenhitches.com/Catalog/andersen-nosway-weight-distribution-hitch.aspxAnd he has a heavy tongue weight, that style WD hitch does not move as much weight to the truck front axle as a more conventional spring bar hitch does. Not sure what your buddy is seeing on the weights and what he is trying to figure out. We would need more as to the context was of his question to help better.
Bottom line, the truck axles have their own ratings for max load and so does the trailer have its own ratings for max load. They do not need to be all the same, and while not impossible, most all other times, all those axles have different loaded weights and that can be OK.(as long as all of them are at or under the mfg'ers ratings)
Hope this helps
John
2005 Ford F350 Super Duty, 4x4; 6.8L V10 with 4.10 RA, 21,000 GCWR, 11,000 GVWR, upgraded 2 1/2" Towbeast Receiver. Hitched with a 1,700# Reese HP WD, HP Dual Cam to a 2004 Sunline Solaris T310R travel trailer.
