<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><font size="-1">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by DennisAJC:
I'm just stating what the pros have told me. Obviously Super is correct on the issue.
As to my boat, I figured you knew with all your infinite sluething techniques what kind of boat I have.
It would be grossly misleading of you to say tongue weight doesn't matter. <HR></BLOCKQUOTE>You must still be kidding. Towing a trailer eats through a limited slip differential faster than anything else? Come on Dennis, you said your "experts" were the GM techs at the dealership. And no where does any manufacturer stress to use weight distribution to be covered under warranty. If you are worried about warranty you keep your gcwr under 14K lbs and in doing that you will not generally have a properly loaded trailer with a tongue weight of more than 600-700lbs. So, in theory if the weight is transferred to the front tires of the tow vehicle, the amount it is negligible at 70lbs of load or less.
What it boils down to is that weight distribution is only really useful with heavy tongue weights. First you should not be overextending the towing ability of the H2 to begin with and to get to the weights where weight distribution systems come into play, your are doing exactly that.
Now with rear air, it's even more complicated. Someone pointed out that they could load the trailer with door open so that the rear air wouldn't kick in. Well this would bind the system needlessly and make the tow extremely unsafe due to fishtailing. You might can find a fine balance between the weight distribution and the rear air, but that system is no longer adaptable. Change the dynamics of the trailer load or the load in the H2 and it screws up the fine tuning that was done, all for no real improvement in safety or handling.
So, on vehicles with air suspensions, not only is weight distribution not necessary, it can be hazardous since, in effect, the two systems will be fighting against one another instead of working in conjunction.
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