โJun-30-2016 11:26 AM
โJul-06-2016 12:13 PM
Ron Gratz wrote:The cargo thing isn't new as you say. What has changed is that cargo used to just about always be in the trunk, which was behind the rear axle. As the population moved to nicer pickup trucks for towing, it evolved into stating that the cargo BEHIND the rear axle be included.. Which made perfect sense. The NEW thinking I am talking about is including ALL CARGO period.Huntindog wrote:This is not "new" thinking.
My setup has worked very well for many years and tens of thousnds of miles... I'm not gonna stress over this "new" thinking.
IMO, the idea of basing WD bar rating on TV cargo plus TT tongue weight it is a holdover from 50-60 years ago and does not apply to modern tow vehicles.
Ron
โJul-06-2016 09:14 AM
โJul-05-2016 05:52 AM
Huntindog wrote:This is not "new" thinking.
My setup has worked very well for many years and tens of thousnds of miles... I'm not gonna stress over this "new" thinking.
โJul-05-2016 05:39 AM
myredracer wrote:I have no idea why Reese is saying that.
Why would Reese be saying you need to add the TV cargo and tongue weights together to determine bar size?---
โJul-05-2016 01:44 AM
โJul-04-2016 08:31 PM
Ron Gratz wrote:
In theory, a WDH can be used to cause some of the weight of TV cargo plus TT tongue weight to carried equally on the TV's front and rear axles with the remainder of the weight transferred to the TT's axles.
Ron
โJul-04-2016 07:35 PM
โJul-03-2016 10:59 AM
Airstreamer67 wrote:
Quote "...I *think* Reese did not include the cargo weight in the past and this is a more recent change.
"As an example, say your truck has 400 lbs of passengers, groceries and camping gear and you had 800 lbs of TW fully loaded, the spring bar should be rated at 1200 lbs. If your cargo was 600 lbs, you'd need their 1500 or 1700 bars depending on if you had round or trunnion style bars. Or another way of looking at it is if you had 1200 lb bars and 800 lbs TW, you'd limit your cargo weight to 400 lbs. I suspect that Reese owners would tend to undersize their bars without referencing the chart."
This is a surprise to me and goes against the conventional wisdom I've read before. What happens if, like me, someone loads 90 gallons of diesel in an auxiliary tank in the bed plus other junk to just about max-out the GVW rating when the trailer hitch weight is included. Is Reese now saying the poor weight transfer bars and the trailer frame are supposed to support all that?
Hard to believe.
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โJul-01-2016 08:49 AM
Hannibal wrote:
With a 3500 Cummins Ram towing a TT with only 800~lbs of tongue weight, do you really need any more than enough to satisfy the rating of the receiver? We just traded our 5th wheel for a 32' TT with 800~lb tongue weight. It only sits the F250 down 2" without bars. The last link on the chains picks the draw bar up and takes 1" off the rear squat. The front doesn't change either way. I went with the Reese HP trunion so I could opt for the DC if I ever felt I needed it. If the hitch were rated for the tongue weight, I likely wouldn't have WD.
โJul-01-2016 07:23 AM