Help with hitch / tongue weight
Hello All! I'm in the early stages of camper shopping (wanting to upgrade) and I would love some help understanding the tongue weight limits. I have read on 1000 different sites that the max tongue w...
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Larry it is REALLY, REALLY simple. Unhook the trailer, and every ounce of tongue weight is OFF the truck. EVERY OUNCE. No matter what is in the truck. With out a trailer hooked up. There is not one ounce of tongue weight on the truck.
The ONLY time there is tongue weight on the truck is when the trailer is hooked to it, and the ONLY weight the tongue adds to the truck, is the weight of the tongue itself. Has NOTHING to do with the cargo the truck is carrying.
Just because you want to count everything in the truck as tongue weight, does not make it so. I guess the spare tire under the truck is tongue weight as well??????
The ONLY time there is tongue weight on the truck is when the trailer is hooked to it, and the ONLY weight the tongue adds to the truck, is the weight of the tongue itself. Has NOTHING to do with the cargo the truck is carrying.
Just because you want to count everything in the truck as tongue weight, does not make it so. I guess the spare tire under the truck is tongue weight as well??????
