Tongue weight in Europe is around 7%
I know I am going to get some super experienced folks in the U.S. criticizing tongue/hitch weights being less than 10%, but let's discuss this. It seems the approach in the U.K. and Europe is to atte...
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Good point. We're pretty much stuck with our RV's design, and we have to hope that they did it right. We have to stow our stuff in the areas provided, and live with the mfgr's placement of the built-ins. If we have a yaw/sway problem (typically the result of low tongue weight), we have limited ability to reposition weight. My trailer, I believe, placed too much weight over/aft of the right rear wheel (refrigerator, water heater, holding tank). That overloaded that tire and caused 3 blowouts before I figured it out and got LR D tires. Bottom line: if it tracks OK we really don't care what the percentage is; if it doesn't it's our problem to solve.
