I've been working with the idea that the truck needs to take the tongue weight, which is usually 10-15% of the trailer's weight. Just now a thought came through the fog, and I wondered if I'm miscalculating. Doesn't an equalizing (weight distributing) hitch send part of the tongue weight back to the trailer? Somewhere I thought I read that it puts 1/3 of the tongue weight on the front axle, 1/3 on the rear axle, and 1/3 back to the trailer's axles. True? I also seem to remember an Oldsmobile advertisement that featured a Toronado hooked up to an Airstream with an equalizing hitch and the rear tires of the car removed to show the front wheel drive. That must have been "interesting" to drive.
Back to my original question. If I have a coach with a GW of 10,000 pounds, I could have a hitch weight of 1500 pounds. If my numbers above are correct, that means that the truck will get 1000 pounds (plus the weight of the hitch?) and the trailer will get back 500 pounds.
What am I missing?
Back to my original question. If I have a coach with a GW of 10,000 pounds, I could have a hitch weight of 1500 pounds. If my numbers above are correct, that means that the truck will get 1000 pounds (plus the weight of the hitch?) and the trailer will get back 500 pounds.
What am I missing?
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