ATC toy hauler - 1500lb tongue weight

Cause they are nose heavy

Dry base weight ....5445#
Dry tongue w/gen.... 985#
Dry tongue w/o gen.. 800#

That's a dry tongue percentage of 15%-18%

Tongue jack struggling....check battery voltage and wiring connections

Toy haulers are front heavy so that they can hold tons of weight in the rear without causing sway.

Tongue jack should not have problems. My Atwood was rated for 3000 lbs and Bully Dog for 4000 lbs.

Expect tongue weight to to be around 15 percent of the gross trailer weight regardless of how it is packed.

It can have a heavier tongue empty than loaded.

Load the rear toy compartment up with a bunch of toys and other junk. The weight in the rear will take some of the weight off of the front. Your toy hauler is nothing but a large teeter totter.........

Bill

Trackrig wrote:
Load the rear toy compartment up with a bunch of toys and other junk. The weight in the rear will take some of the weight off of the front. Your toy hauler is nothing but a large teeter totter.........

Bill

But not TOO much. You get the tongue too light and that bad boy will be wagging something fierce. My Attitude CBG 27 TH gets real squirrely when the tongue is too light. I
ve had to stop and redistribute once or twice when there was too much load well back of the axles. You want at least 12% in my experience.

Mike

Old-Biscuit wrote:
Cause they are nose heavy

Dry base weight ....5445#
Dry tongue w/gen.... 985#
Dry tongue w/o gen.. 800#

That's a dry tongue percentage of 15%-18%

Tongue jack struggling....check battery voltage and wiring connections

I guess 985lbs empty also includes what max capacity is in the rear?

Because this number is WAY off what was measured at the tongue.

And the weight of my trailer, empty, on a CAT certified scale is 6540lbs.

So my tongue weight of 1500lbs is 23% of the total weight.

You said ~ (frame jack ) so I guessing you have an electric jack? How are your house batteries, are you plugged into your Tow vehicle and is it running while you doing this?

Dirtclods wrote:
You said ~ (frame jack ) so I guessing you have an electric jack? How are your house batteries, are you plugged into your Tow vehicle and is it running while you doing this?

^^^ Yes!!!
This is spot on advice, I was told to be hooked up and have my truck running when using my electric tongue jack.

Y-Guy wrote:

Dirtclods wrote:
You said ~ (frame jack ) so I guessing you have an electric jack? How are your house batteries, are you plugged into your Tow vehicle and is it running while you doing this?

^^^ Yes!!!
This is spot on advice, I was told to be hooked up and have my truck running when using my electric tongue jack.

Yes I am. Also, my batteries are brand new and I have solar to keep them charged.