Looking for help on TT decision
Hello everyone. I am in the market for a travel trailer and have found one I like and I think I can tow but I want to see if anyone can take a look at the numbers and double check to make sure I am...
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coolmom42 wrote:
Your WDH does not reduce the tongue weight. The total tongue weight is still ALL on the tow vehicle. So you have to take all of it into consideration in the cargo capacity of the tow vehicle.
What a WDH does is move part of the tongue weight to the front axle, vs having it all on the rear axle. So it may help reduce overloading the rear axle.
A slight clarification: a WDH can reduce TW carried by the TV axles, but it does not reduce the TW for the receiver. It is possible to put 20 percent of TW on the trailer axles for many vehicles when fully restoring front axle weight to unhitched amount.
