pro pride or hensley hitch tongue weight
Given that the Pro Pride and Hensley hitches weigh 200 lbs give or take, where does that weight figure in the calculations of tongue weight? So for an example loaded trailer weight is 6000 lbs. ...
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I'm not going to try and convince anyone of my thoughts on this, but here is my take on tongue wts. I believe there are TWO tongue wts that are important. One is what I call "dead tongue wt" or that you would weigh with something like a Sherline tongue scale under the ball socket on the "A" frame w/o the TV attached. This wt. is also what the trailer only applies on the ball of the drawbar/hitch head. This wt. is what you want in that 13% range for trailer handling and stability factors. The second is what I call the "receiver tongue wt." and that is the load that the receiver must carry and has two components, one is the dead tongue wt. and the other is the WDH/Sway system which includes the drawbar, hith head, and WD/spring bars. This "receiver tongue wt." is what is stamped as the limits on the receivers and often is for with and without WDH.
Larry
Larry
