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Transferring weight from the truck to the trailer would involve the trailer weighing more than itself and the load in it. Last time I checked a trucks doesn't get lighter when you attach a trailer with WDH which is what your inferring. So with the trailer in the video it would have to exceed 4800lbs and the truck now weigh less than 6800lbsI was commenting on your statement "Your not transferring weight from the truck to the trailer with a WDH" which is incorrect. Nothing more. I realize it would be difficult to overload the trailer axles but technically you could, and your statement was incorrect. I didn't watch the video as I know how a WDH works, and understand the physics behind it being a mech engineer. Draw up a free body diagram of the forces / moments and it would clearly show what happens when you load the bars, and the force added to the trailer axle(s) is more than zero.
Let's not confuse leverage forces with actual weight..