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Originally Posted by JRTJH
Yes, the angle of the hitch head directly impacts the amount of weight on the tension bars which determines the amount of weight being shifted forward/aft by the hitch. The further "down" the bars point, the more tension you'll place on the bars when the hitch is attached and bars tensioned for towing.
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Thanks. I finally got around to tinkering with our hitch today and managed to make some adjustments. I haven't had the chance to get back out to the CAT scales yet to check the weights but these are the measurements I took of the truck's wheelwells.
Truck Only:
Front Wheelwell: 35.5 inches
Rear Wheelwell: 37.5 inches
WDH Connected (before adjustments):
Front Wheelwell: 36 inches
Rear Wheelwell: 35 inches
WDH Connected (after today's adjustments):
Front Wheelwell: 35 inches
Rear Wheelwell: 36.25 inches
So now the front of the truck is lowering half an inch (instead of raising half an inch) and the rear of the truck is lowering about 1.25 inches (instead of 2.5). I can't angle the head any lower without the bars being extremely difficult to connect / disconnect so I think this is about as good as I can get it.
Previously, we experienced pretty bad trailer sway on the interstate so I'm hoping these adjustments will help with that. Regardless, I think we'll probably upgrade our WDH soon since the Recurve R3's sway control is activated and adjusted manually which I'm not a big fan of.