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I put the scale under the tounge jack and was able to monitor the reading while engaging the WD jacks. I am not home at this time to snap a pic but will try to find one online . Thanks for help
I don't think you will be able get an accurate TW reading using that method. How do you know when you have the full TW on the scale and not any of the truck's actual weight or trailer's?
To get a better idea of the full actual TW get front and rear truck axle weights with the trailer hitched up by the WD completely unloaded. Then subtract the weight missing from the front axle from that rear axle weight, then subtract the 3700 lb truck only rear axle weight from the hitched w/o WD engaged weight. That should be a pretty close TW number to work with. I think you will find it to be a little higher than the 1140.
How I actually come up with that 1140 is I moved the tongue until the weight was off the truck and I could have drove out. Not sure if that made a difference
How I actually come up with that 1140 is I moved the tongue until the weight was off the truck and I could have drove out. Not sure if that made a difference
OK, but if you get the chance try the method I described in post #16 and see what weight it works out to be.
I think your goal still needs to be to return the front axle weight back to it's unloaded weight, that should make the rear axle happier and give you back some room on the GVWR.
You have an excellent hitch there but we don't want it to be masking a less than perfect towing setup.
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