Havasu Hangin'
09-12-2005, 10:31 AM
...I thought you might find this interesting.
I weighed my truck alone:
Front Axle- 3,678 lbs
Rear Axle- 3,261 lbs
Total- 6,939 lbs
Then I weighed it with my boat attached and the weight-distributing hitch cranked up:
Front Axle- 3,400 lbs
Rear Axle- 4,980 lbs
Total- 8,380 lbs
The funny think is that I have almost 1,500 lbs in tongue weight, but the rear axle picked up 1,717 lbs (and the front axle lost 278 lbs). I figure I am transferring a few hundred pounds up to the front axle, so it would have been even worse without the weight-distributing hitch.
Conclusion- get the ball as close to the rear axle as possible, or those rear tires will work very hard...
I weighed my truck alone:
Front Axle- 3,678 lbs
Rear Axle- 3,261 lbs
Total- 6,939 lbs
Then I weighed it with my boat attached and the weight-distributing hitch cranked up:
Front Axle- 3,400 lbs
Rear Axle- 4,980 lbs
Total- 8,380 lbs
The funny think is that I have almost 1,500 lbs in tongue weight, but the rear axle picked up 1,717 lbs (and the front axle lost 278 lbs). I figure I am transferring a few hundred pounds up to the front axle, so it would have been even worse without the weight-distributing hitch.
Conclusion- get the ball as close to the rear axle as possible, or those rear tires will work very hard...