Equilizer (weight distributing) hitches DO NOT lever against the rear
suspension.
If you look at the lever involved it is pulling the rear of the car UP. The
lever is connected to the rear frame through the hitch and extends past the
ball toward the trailer where it is lifted by a connection to the trailer
tongue thus lifting both the trailer tongue and the rear suspension by
putting down force on the front of the car and the trailer wheels.
Phil Piper
30 years of machinery engineering
1966 Overlander International
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In a message dated 07/27/2000 2:13:31 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
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>From your remark, then, the suspension travel range on a SUV is the reason
for recommending no weight distributing hitch?
Huff
This is why I believe they recommend against it. Land Rover and I think
Land Cruiser too have extremely heavy ladder frames, so that shouldn't be
the problem. But if you use a weight distributing hitch, it typically
levers against the back suspension to compress the front suspension.
However, levering against long-travel coil springs in the rear, I believe,
would compress them too much as the "default" position.
John
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