Need advice on toy hauler swaying on freeway
I would greatly appreciate any feedback and advice please. My TV is a 2012 Toyota Tacoma DBL Cab short bed 4x4 with a 4.0 V6. I just bought a toy hauler that is 22' long and weighs 3600#s dry with a...
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JConatser wrote:09KZMXT266 wrote:
... I guess that means I had 800 lbs of tongue weight which was 150 lbs. more than the max Toyota says which is 650 lbs. ...
Hitch receivers have a "with" and a "without" WD rating... is the 650 with or without WD?
Note also that your TT's tongue weight "is what it is" regardless of how you adjust your WD hitch. A WD hitch does not change a TT's tongue weight; what it does is distribute that weight between your TV's front and rear axles, plus your TT's axles. So, if your TT has a tongue weight of 800 lbs, and if your TV's hitch receiver is rated for 650 lbs (with WD), then you are over it's limit by 150 lbs---regardless of how you adjust your WD hitch. While the angle a trailer is setting relative to the ground will change it's tongue weight slightly, the significant way you change it is by how you load it.
I believe Toyota's tow package assumes you have WD Hitch for the tongue weight of 650.
