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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Rick,
Here is a set of weight slips that may help you understand what happens when using a wdh. At the time, we had a 1400lb tw and you can seen not very much was transferred "to the trailer axles". And this was with the wdh being adjusted to restore 100% of the "lost weight" from the truck's front axle.
Left weights:
Truck and tt with wd bars hooked up
Center weights:
Truck and tt with wd bars unhooked
Right weights:
Truck only
Weights top to bottom:
Truck front axle
Teuck rear axle
TT axles
Total combined weight
When I hooked the trailer up (without the wd bars) I "lost" 540lbs off the front axle due to the teeter-totter effect. When the wd bars are installed (after hitch was adjusted) you can see that only only 240lbs of the tw was transferred to the tt axles (tt axles left column vs center column). This will vary depending on the truck and trailer combo, as well as the loaded weights.
Hope this helps!
Here is a set of weight slips that may help you understand what happens when using a wdh. At the time, we had a 1400lb tw and you can seen not very much was transferred "to the trailer axles". And this was with the wdh being adjusted to restore 100% of the "lost weight" from the truck's front axle.
Left weights:
Truck and tt with wd bars hooked up
Center weights:
Truck and tt with wd bars unhooked
Right weights:
Truck only
Weights top to bottom:
Truck front axle
Teuck rear axle
TT axles
Total combined weight
When I hooked the trailer up (without the wd bars) I "lost" 540lbs off the front axle due to the teeter-totter effect. When the wd bars are installed (after hitch was adjusted) you can see that only only 240lbs of the tw was transferred to the tt axles (tt axles left column vs center column). This will vary depending on the truck and trailer combo, as well as the loaded weights.
Hope this helps!
