Joey Smith
Well-Known Member
I still think you’re better off using WDH to get more weight onto your front axle - you don’t necessarily need to know the weight just measure your fender height before and after. Sounds anyway like ford recommends something that can get you to 50% and the Anderson only does 30%.
Thanks for the feedback.
Andersen had indicated that I should not expect more than 30% of the tongue weight to be shifted to the front. For my setup with a hitch weight of 680 lbs that would be ~200lbs.
Regarding the FALR, my TV only front axle weight is 3140lbs (36 1/8” at front) and my TV+TT [no WDH] weight is 2840lbs (36 9/16”). 50% FALR would mean returning to the front axle back to 2990lbs (36 5/16”).
With the Andersen tuned as much as I can, I am getting a front axle weight of 3000lbs (36 1/4”). This works out to be slightly more than 50% FALR in weight (and fender height).
If the Ford guidance is something to adhere to it seems that even if I purchased a new hitch, I would not be able to take advantage of the increased availability of payload in the rear given I would be shifting too much weight back to the front according to the 50% FALR guidance.
I read elsewhere that shifting too much back to the front can lead to more vulnerability to jackknifing due to oversteer.
I am beginning to resign myself to just being careful about how much stuff I plan to bring...maybe put some of the items into the trailer if I can keep items near the trailer axles...
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