[RockyMtnRay]

Originally Posted by jc250r31

I just got my equalizer in and I was curious how do yall leave it setup once done installing on your trailer. I mean once you unhitch do you take off the brackets bolted to the frame of the trailer or just leave them on in the weather? It looks like it may take a few minutes to set up the first time but I dont imagine it should take very long every other time after that.

I think that most people just leave the brackets attached to the trailer between uses. I certainly do...mine have been on the trailer for about 4 years now.

Now I just have to stop working 7 days so I can go use it. Also I would like to go to a Truck stop and get everything weighed. Would I be correct doing it this way?
1. Connect the WDH and get on the scales, let them take the reading. Once they are done with the first then,
2. Disconnect the load bars with the truck in the same position and let them take another reading.

I would like to know what I was pulling before the WDH and then I want to know the difference it made in distribution as well since I basicall pull the same amount of stuff in the trailer every time. So when I disconnect the load bars will that give BASICALLY the same effect if the trialer were just hooked to a standard hitch? I realize that the results probably will be skewed a little because this WDH weighs a good bit, but I am just looking for a general idea of what I was doing previous of the WDH.

Thanks,
John

Your planned approach is not the normal method...most folks weigh the truck without the trailer attached and again with it attached (and WDH bars hooked up). That being said, what you have in mind could produce some interesting numbers about the effectiveness of a WDH.

If you want to get fancy and pay for yet another weighing, you can also weigh the trailer by itself with the WDH hooked up (the WDH transfers some (about a third) of the tongue weight onto the trailer axles). It's good to know the weights on the trailer tires as well since they are often being loaded very close to their rated capacities.