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Originally Posted by Mr. Adventure
The WDH does not technically increase the weight you can pull. When you put a heavy load on the back of the vehicle, the front end also rises (you can measure this with a tape measure on the tow vehicle front fender before and after hitching). This represents a reduced load on the front tires, where you do all of your steering, most of your stopping, and for Front Wheel Drive, also your starting. The WDH spring loads the trailer and hitch in order to transfer some of the tongue weight from the rear axle of the tow vehicle to the front axle and the trailer axles. So the purpose of the WDH is to increase the trailer load you can pull safely.
(Sorry, Bill. I posted this while you were already answering this question)
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That answers my question. Thank you. So basically it helps level out the TV ?