GVWR and Tongue Weight
Does the tongue weight applied to the fifth wheel hitch reduce the weight of the loaded trailer? In other words, if my loaded trailer weights 12,000 lbs while not attached to my truck but when I hitc...
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4x4ord wrote:
The dry weight of my fiver is about 13800. 11,500 lbs on the axles and 2300 lbs on the pin. When I unhook from the truck I have 3000 lbs on the jacks and 10800 on the trailer axles.
Do you really want to get into physic and vector algebra to explain why this happens? This is why if you are close to going over the TV GVWR it is smart to move stuff from TV bed to the 5er basement.
