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<blockquote data-quote="Believer45" data-source="post: 180476" data-attributes="member: 2504"><p>Actually, weight distributing hitch moves weight from the hitch ball (rear of the truck) forward to the steer axle of the tow vehicle and backward to the trailer axles, it lightens the drive axle. Without weight distribution a heavy trailer with a lot of tongue weight will make the rear of the tow vehicle squat and raise the front, making (in extreme cases) the steering very light. The weight distributing bars are, in essence, trying to fold the truck and trailer like a jackknife pivoting on the hitch ball in the direction where the trailer tires would touch the steer tires if it was to actually go all the way "closed" when thinking of a folding knife.</p><p></p><p>That being said, as light and as short as that trailer is most of the weight moved off of the back of the tow vehicle would transfer to the trailer axle so it MAY add enough weight to help but that seems like a lot to invest in a possible but not certain solution unless you are going to tow it unloaded a lot.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Believer45, post: 180476, member: 2504"] Actually, weight distributing hitch moves weight from the hitch ball (rear of the truck) forward to the steer axle of the tow vehicle and backward to the trailer axles, it lightens the drive axle. Without weight distribution a heavy trailer with a lot of tongue weight will make the rear of the tow vehicle squat and raise the front, making (in extreme cases) the steering very light. The weight distributing bars are, in essence, trying to fold the truck and trailer like a jackknife pivoting on the hitch ball in the direction where the trailer tires would touch the steer tires if it was to actually go all the way "closed" when thinking of a folding knife. That being said, as light and as short as that trailer is most of the weight moved off of the back of the tow vehicle would transfer to the trailer axle so it MAY add enough weight to help but that seems like a lot to invest in a possible but not certain solution unless you are going to tow it unloaded a lot. [/QUOTE]
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