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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Ron Gratz wrote:lbrjet wrote:The "reg" -- Regulation VESC-5-- defines "tongue weight" in Section 3. DEFINITIONS:
It is only a guess what hitch weight the reg is assuming.
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3.8 "Maximum Vertical Load on Hitch (Tongue Weight)" means the vertical downward static force exerted on the hitch by the coupling at the point of connection of coupling and hitch with weight distribution features or devices, if any, deactivated. Tongue weight is measured at the trailer coupling, with the trailer on a level surface (detached from the hitch), and with trailer consumables and cargo in maximum loaded conditions.
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This makes it clear that the weight of the WDH is not included in the "tongue weight".
Ron
Agree... I have never seen anything, outside of a few posts here and there, that call the WDH as tongue weight. It goes towards RAW, but not TW.
