I weighed my setup
My trailer has not changed, but the tow vehicle has changed. My 1996 Suburban 3/4 ton 4x4 is dead and I now have a 2001 Suburban 3/4 ton 4x4. So today I went to get the trailer out of storage and ...
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Agreed, and camping I went, but I also stopped at the same scales on the way out of town just to see where I was.
The trailer pulled fine, no real wiggle or sway. In fact it pulled smoother than my old Suburban. I always suspected I was a bit tongue heavy, and now I guess I have proof. The Suburban was basically empty with just me in it. The trailer had 40 gallons of water a few days food, some firewood and my generator.
Here are the numbers. The first column of weights is where I am currently after adding one washer. The second column is where I was last Monday. At this point I think I'm done making adjustments. I will try to move some weight off the tongue at some point since 1,000 lbs is a bit excessive. I wasn't able to restore all the weight to the front axle. But I'm thinking that is more a weakness of the stock hitch and more washers won't help.
Had to edit this post as I realized that it wasn't clear that the trailer weight was with the trailer still hooked to the hitch.
The trailer pulled fine, no real wiggle or sway. In fact it pulled smoother than my old Suburban. I always suspected I was a bit tongue heavy, and now I guess I have proof. The Suburban was basically empty with just me in it. The trailer had 40 gallons of water a few days food, some firewood and my generator.
Here are the numbers. The first column of weights is where I am currently after adding one washer. The second column is where I was last Monday. At this point I think I'm done making adjustments. I will try to move some weight off the tongue at some point since 1,000 lbs is a bit excessive. I wasn't able to restore all the weight to the front axle. But I'm thinking that is more a weakness of the stock hitch and more washers won't help.
Had to edit this post as I realized that it wasn't clear that the trailer weight was with the trailer still hooked to the hitch.
