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    Posted: 14 Oct 2015 at 9:46pm
Originally posted by David and Danette

   The WDH is designed to take weight from the back of your TV and distribute it to the trailer axle and front axle of tow vehicle. It works sort of like a bridge between trailer axle and TV front axle. I believe this is a correct explanation someone correct me if I am wrong. I think that your weights at the scales show that this is what is happening. If you were to weigh your rear axle it would be lighter with the WDH connected.

Yes.

As for the actual numbers from the scale, there may be a small margin of error in the measurements.
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Posts: 122 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: 14 Oct 2015 at 5:59pm
Originally posted by Pod People

We are just leaving for a 5 week trip from Chapel Hill NC to Key West, FL.  We loaded the truck and our 173 R Pod and hit the scales at our local county landfill.  I went across the scales 3 times and weighed in different ways.  Here is what we did:

 

The first time we went across, the weight distribution bars were connected. I weighed with only the truck on the scales, then moved forward with both the  truck and the R Pod being weighed and finally pulled off far enough so the truck was off the scale and only the R Pod was being weighed.

Truck 7500

Truck & R Pod 10660

R Pod  3140

 

The second weighing was exactly the same sequence except the weight distribution bars were not connected.

Truck 7540

Truck and R Pod  10660

R Pod 3100

 

The third weight pass was with the truck only-no R Pod attached-7060.

 

Here is what I think it means:

The truck weighs 7060

The R Pod weighs 3100

Our tongue weight is 7500-7060=440 which is 14% of gross pod weight

 

Here is my biggest question-- I am confused about the 40 pound differences in the pod and truck weights when weighed with and without the bars attached.  It seems to me that

we are transferring 40 pounds of weight via weight distribution back to the pod from the truck weight-isn’t this backwards? Or is some of the weight distribution involved in the tongue weight?

 

I  would appreciate any comments about what this means. 

 

Thanks

Vann

 



It appears you are calculating your tongue weight?

I take it you didn't actually set the tongue down on the jack and weigh it alone?

When we picked up our Pod 2 years ago I weighed it on the way home.
Can't find my weight ticket at the moment but I think it  was:
7700 for my Colorado and Pod total
4700 for the truck axles
3000 for the Pod Axle

This is with dual batteries and dual LP bottles. Nothing else but the poop chutes in the Pod.
Found out later there was also at least 10 gal of water on board in the water tank making it at least 16 total water on board with the water heater full.

It was at a truck stop and it started to get busy and I forgot to drop the trailer to weigh it by itself.
Would have been nice to drop the jack down and get the total weight and then a separate axle and jack weight.
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Could it be possible that transferring some of the weight to the trailer would add to it's stability.

I will be following this thread closely because I am thinking about getting a WDH before leaving for our 3 month winter trip.
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   The WDH is designed to take weight from the back of your TV and distribute it to the trailer axle and front axle of tow vehicle. It works sort of like a bridge between trailer axle and TV front axle. I believe this is a correct explanation someone correct me if I am wrong. I think that your weights at the scales show that this is what is happening. If you were to weigh your rear axle it would be lighter with the WDH connected.
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We are just leaving for a 5 week trip from Chapel Hill NC to Key West, FL.  We loaded the truck and our 173 R Pod and hit the scales at our local county landfill.  I went across the scales 3 times and weighed in different ways.  Here is what we did:

 

The first time we went across, the weight distribution bars were connected. I weighed with only the truck on the scales, then moved forward with both the  truck and the R Pod being weighed and finally pulled off far enough so the truck was off the scale and only the R Pod was being weighed.

Truck 7500

Truck & R Pod 10660

R Pod  3140

 

The second weighing was exactly the same sequence except the weight distribution bars were not connected.

Truck 7540

Truck and R Pod  10660

R Pod 3100

 

The third weight pass was with the truck only-no R Pod attached-7060.

 

Here is what I think it means:

The truck weighs 7060

The R Pod weighs 3100

Our tongue weight is 7500-7060=440 which is 14% of gross pod weight

 

Here is my biggest question-- I am confused about the 40 pound differences in the pod and truck weights when weighed with and without the bars attached.  It seems to me that

we are transferring 40 pounds of weight via weight distribution back to the pod from the truck weight-isn’t this backwards? Or is some of the weight distribution involved in the tongue weight?

 

I  would appreciate any comments about what this means. 

 

Thanks

Vann

 

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