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socaladam
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Sep 05, 2018

ATC toy hauler - 1500lb tongue weight

Can anyone help me understand why the tongue weight of my 28' front bedroom ATC toy hauler is 1500lbs?

I maybe have 100lb of gear in the front storage and the rest of the rig is empty. Like fully empty, no propane, nothing inside the trailer.

My a-frame jack is struggling to lift the trailer off the ball.
  • My Weekend Warrior is close to 2000lbs tongue weight when we fill the tanks and load our gear for camping, but have no toys in the back. Surprised the heck out of me the first time I hooked it up like that and watched the F350 start to drop as I loaded up the hitch. As others have said, put your loose gear in the back if traveling without toys. You won't even come close to unloading that tongue enough to cause sway with your normal camping gear.

    I'd put everything normally in that underbed storage passthru area in the very back, along with duffle bags, flats of water etc. when traveling without the toys just to offset some of that heavy tongue weight.

    That being said, with the massive tongue weight, I've never had any sway issues with that trailer!
  • I have the same coach. No issues like what you are experiencing. With genny,propane filled and full 100 gallons of water and 25 gallons of gas jack works perfect and my half ton sits level with the Andersen showing 6 threads. Something is wrong..