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Old 05-31-2019, 07:46 PM   #41
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Good luck. I tightened those chains so tight it almost crushed the red washer springs and I'm sure would've broken the chains. The trailer is 6240 loaded weight. My son in law has almost the identical set up with the same results. Remember, that weight that comes off the steer axle actually gets transferred to the drive axle. It actually overloaded the drive axle on my son in law's truck


Yep, I know how weight transfer works and I understand it well. The entire discussion is about the capability of my current hitch to return weight back to the steer axle. It’s not. I believe it may be beyond the ability of the hitch. I also understand how to load my trailer to alter tongue weight, and the 1180 was with a full tank of water...and at then it was only @ 13%. I’ve done everything I know how to do and I am still not getting return. The last experiment will happen next weekend when I run without full water tanks.

I’ll report back when I run that test.
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