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Chlirod
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Jun 25, 2013

How much weight behind axles offsets the tongue?

This may be a better fit for the "TOWING" section of the forum, but it is a Toyhauler questions as well, so I'm going to start here, but mods, apologies if you need to move. I have a 25ULA which ha...
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Artum_Snowbird
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Jun 27, 2013
Measure the distance from the center of the axles to the pin. Measure the distance to the center of your cargo.

The formula is:
Present Pin Weight minus (("Cargo weight" times ("Distance to cargo" divided by "Distance to Pin")) = Final Pin weight

So, putting variables into the equation 1300 pounds minus (600 pound Rhino times 10 feet/13 feet) = 838.46 pounds.

That's the only way you can do it.

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