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Mr. Adventure · 05-09-2008, 09:41 PM

This shouldn't be so hard. The critical measurement is from the front fender to the ground before and after hitching. The objective of the WDH is to not have the tow vehicle front axle unloaded by the tongue weight.

Generally, if the hitched trailer is about level, the front fender doesn't rise when hitched vs unhitched, and the hitch spring bars are aproximately parallel to the ground when hooked up, that sounds like you're doing pretty well and probably in accordance with your instructions from Reese. You could mess with the hitch tilt angle to tilt the ball forward so that you would have another link or two to play with if you wanted to, but if it's not broken, you might not need to fix it.

It is possible to over do it with the force on the WDH. Taking one link too many out of the chains makes the ride quite a lot stiffer for me, and I'm a big fan of doing what seems to give you the best ride and cornering in your own rig. And, of course, getting actual hitched and unhitched weights for each axle is the only way to really tell for sure what's going on.

05-09-2008, 09:41 PM	#3
Mr. Adventure TrailManor Master Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Williamsburg, VA Posts: 668	Reese WDH This shouldn't be so hard. The critical measurement is from the front fender to the ground before and after hitching. The objective of the WDH is to not have the tow vehicle front axle unloaded by the tongue weight. Generally, if the hitched trailer is about level, the front fender doesn't rise when hitched vs unhitched, and the hitch spring bars are aproximately parallel to the ground when hooked up, that sounds like you're doing pretty well and probably in accordance with your instructions from Reese. You could mess with the hitch tilt angle to tilt the ball forward so that you would have another link or two to play with if you wanted to, but if it's not broken, you might not need to fix it. It is possible to over do it with the force on the WDH. Taking one link too many out of the chains makes the ride quite a lot stiffer for me, and I'm a big fan of doing what seems to give you the best ride and cornering in your own rig. And, of course, getting actual hitched and unhitched weights for each axle is the only way to really tell for sure what's going on.