Heavy Tongue Weight on Toy Hauler
I have a 2009 27ft Extreme Toy Hauler with 2012 Ford Super Duty Diesel. I purchased a sherline 2000 lbs. tongue scale to find out the tongue on my toy hauler, without the ATV's (Polaris 550xp & Polari...
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Was your water tank full? Perhaps you can empty that and lower the hitch weight a bit.
The designers are thinking "Someone might load 2,500 pouns of toys 6' behind the axle, so we need to have a heavy hitch, so that after they load it up with whatever, it will still have at least 1,000 pounds of hitch weight. I think they went a little overboard with hitch weight though. To adjust, the designers really needed to place the rear axles a little closer to the hitch, so that more of the trailer weight is behind the axles, and you will then have much less hitch weight.
Not much you can do about it now, except the common sense things, like put the heavy stuff in the back. If the water tank is forward of the axle, do not fill it and check the weight again.
Do you have a fuel system? Is that behind or in front of the axles?
What tanks are behind the axle? Can you fill them - at least part way? IF they are between or near the axle, then that weight will not really matter much.
The designers are thinking "Someone might load 2,500 pouns of toys 6' behind the axle, so we need to have a heavy hitch, so that after they load it up with whatever, it will still have at least 1,000 pounds of hitch weight. I think they went a little overboard with hitch weight though. To adjust, the designers really needed to place the rear axles a little closer to the hitch, so that more of the trailer weight is behind the axles, and you will then have much less hitch weight.
Not much you can do about it now, except the common sense things, like put the heavy stuff in the back. If the water tank is forward of the axle, do not fill it and check the weight again.
Do you have a fuel system? Is that behind or in front of the axles?
What tanks are behind the axle? Can you fill them - at least part way? IF they are between or near the axle, then that weight will not really matter much.
