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Thanks, Nick!
I've just read the thread from last year that contains lots of good information from Inland Andy and others, and my fuzziness on this is clearing up somewhat.
The purpose of using the lighter weight lift bars is to acheive more deflection and springiness (boingo-boingo) in the lift bars while maintaining enough force to keep the bolt-on (in my case) cams seated in straight-ahead motion, bumpy motion, and stopping motion. This seating pressure is also essential to maintaining the antisway properties.
A too-heavy set of lift bars does not have enough springiness, so the shearing forces transmitted to the front end of the trailer eventually beat the trailer to death.
But... here's where I'm still fuzzy. Can the 550 lb lift bars distribute more than 550 lbs tounge weight to the TV and AS? Since there are two of them, does that mean they can distribute 550 lbs x 2? (See, I'm capable of making my OWN head hurt.)
Remember that started me out with all of this are the 1,000 lb lift-bars I have that worked GREAT on my Dakota.
Lamar
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