Relocating battery
I am looking to upgrade my battery to two golf cart's. However, I can't handle the additional tongue weight, so I was considering relocating the batteries to either under my rear bunks or on the floor...
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Greywolf26dbh wrote:
I am looking to upgrade my battery to two golf cart's. However, I can't handle the additional tongue weight ...
Really? You haven't said just which 12 volt battery you have but it likely weighs 50 to 60 lbs depending on which group size it is. A GC-2 6 volt typically weighs about 60 lbs so if you replace the single 12 volt with a pair of 6 volts you'd be adding about 60 lbs more to the trailer tongue, with perhaps 80% of that showing up as tongue weight because the batteries will actually be sitting aft of the coupler which is where tongue weight is measured. If increasing your trailer's gross tongue weight by a mere 50 lbs puts you well over whatever rating it is you're concerned about that suggests you have bigger issues that just gross tongue weight. Have you weighed your trailer fully loaded and ready to camp so you know where it's average GVW typically sits and in that state have you weighed the tongue so you likewise know for a fact what it's average gross tongue weight is? And yes, in case you're wondering I do know what I'm running with my own trailer as I long ago invested in a purpose designed Sherline tongue weight scale so I know for a fact just what percentage of gross tongue weight I'm typically running.
