Tongue weight, revisted
My TH has a 13,000gvwr sticker, but in reality probably closer to 15,000 loaded. Thank God for 6 Michelin Ribs... Did an experiment a couple years ago with reducing my tongue weight to a minimum. S...
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Old-Biscuit wrote:
Tongue/Pin weight has always been the major factor in stable towing.
2000# OVER GVWR is a bit much
Real question is how close are you on axle/tire load ratings
Yep, I agree.
But not much of a choice since more or less empty weight is 11,800. Then add almost 2000lbs of fuel/water/propane. Then add a SxS at 1500lbs...
WW weight rating stickers from my era are not what I'd call accurate, and from what I've been told were more for legal insurance/licensing/towing issues in Cali..? whatever that means.
Did have S Cali RV doctor do a extensive frame upgrade many years ago to insure no wall sag or frame problems ever occur. And its been solid as a rock, a very heavy rock.
Ribs are 3042lb load rated each. Axles are 6000lbs each so that puts me at 18,000.
Then subtract 3180tw from the 15,000total TH weight, and should be well under the axle/tire limits. So actually the more TW takes away from the TH axles giving less load on the trailer tires/axles..? Another reason to keep TW high...lol.
