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WDH setup

Astout813

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New to the forum and to pulling a travel trailer.
I want to make sure that the WDH is setup correctly and the weight is distributed correctly.
Went to CAT scale today and these are my weights:

TV only:
Steer axle - 4860
Drive axle - 3160
Grooms weight - 8020

TV w/ trailer w/o bars connected:
Steer axle - 4360
Drive axle - 4880
Trailer axle - 8280
Gross weight - 17520

TV with WDH:
Steer axle - 4480
Drive axle - 4680
Trailer axle - 8340
Gross weigh - 17500

Am I good with everything or do I need to make adjustments still? Thanks in advance.
 

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I realize that your post is several months old. Perhaps you already have your answer. Since you are new and no one else chimed in I will say a belated welcome to the forum and take a stab at answering your question.

The trailer appears to be level. Good. Slightly nose down is also okay. It looks like you lost 500 lbs from your steer axle when you added the trailer. With the WDH connected you returned about 25% of the lost weight back. I would suggest adjusting your setup to return even more weight to the front axle. Try raising the saddles on the trailer tongue up one hole. The bars will be tighter and you may need to use the tongue jack to lift up more when attaching and removing the bars. If you are fighting it to attach the bars then you haven’t gone up high enough with your jack.

Nice looking rig by the way. -PeeWee
 

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