New TT Weighing Process?
Last time I had a TT the process was to weigh the TT and truck together with the WD bars installed and then weigh the truck by itself. I would subtract the truck weight from the combined weight of the...
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Teamfour wrote:
Thanks to both of you! It makes sense now.
I have been estimating my weights (I will get a chance to actually weigh this Friday) and came up with 900 true TW (12% of TT wt) based on a TT loaded weight of 7500. If I read APT's post correctly, my TW with the WDH hooked up may only be 720 at the hitch?
Yes, and that may be useful if your tow vehicle is exceeding its GVWR (payload) or rear GAWR. But as Apt mentioned, you want the "true" tongue weight to compare to your receiver's rating.
It seems that WDH's, on average, put 20% of the tongue weight back on the trailer wheels. But that's just an average. Your actual numbers can be calculated after doing the 3 stage weighing. My WDH put only 12% of the tongue weight back on the trailer wheels. But I've tightened it up since then and expect more next time I weigh.
