WDH or no WDH???

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Originally posted by offgrid

Originally posted by Olddawgsrule

By the example Fastway did, it actually did add a combined weight increase being distributed. That surprised me a bit. 

Can't be. Gravity sucks the same whether the wdh is there or not. Other that the small increase from the weight of the wdh itself of course. When you use the towing calculator the wdh should be considered part of the TV weight btw.

There is a ton of inaccurate information floating around cyberspace on how wdh's work. 

I hear ya! That's why it surprised me. They used a 1000lb hitch weight setup for their test. Suddenly there's 1210lbs split between the TV/TT with airbag and 1480lbs being split with WDH. 
Now I don't know the Physics involved here and why I ask such questions.. I wish to understand as I can understand, to the extent of making a good decision. I by all means don't wish to be a PITA..

My assumption was, by their example, that once coupled (and setup) you gain some from both the TT & TV. I guess that's possible in both instances. You can see the numbers in their example by adding the gained weight to both the TT & TV. 

I would be disappointed in Fastway if their putting out bad info.. I figure I'm just mis-reading what they presented. 

I do apologize for not running the calculator yet.. I'm kinda running between a few things today and taking a break to catch up here. I promise I will. I really wish to compare notes!