Secondary Transportation Advice

Davydd wrote:
That I know for a fact, not opinion, in regard to handling on a T1N Sprinter. I found 250 lbs to be too much. Tongue weight of a trailer is different than tongue weight just levering on the back end. Keep in mind your carrier is going to weigh 100 lbs plus and the weight is not directly on top of the tongue as it is magnified by offset lever.

Correct! If one thinks of the hitch as a 3rd class level where the fulcrum is the mount on the frame and the object you want to carry is the Load Force, then the weight applied to the hitch where Tongue weight is measured is the Effort Force. A simple example of a 1 lbs weight 1 ft from the end of the hitch that is also 1 ft from the mount point on the frame show that that 1 lbs weight is actually exerting 2 lbs of (Tongue weight) force.

So in this simple example, 250 lbs at more than a foot distance from the hitch point could very easily exceed the 500 lbs Tongue weight of the vehicle.

Tongue weight is the weight or weight force at the hitch point, not a weight at some arbitrary distance from the hitch point.