Tongue weight... Did I get the math right?
Planning to upgrade my w/d hitch to a Blue Ox Sway Pro and need to know my tongue weight. Went to the scales today and weighed the truck/trailer together and then just the truck. Weights taken with no...
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RDMueller wrote:myredracer wrote:
Your tongue weight is also 15.1 percent of the TT's GVW which is a bit on the high side of average (12-13 percent). Nothing wrong with that and I think it helps with stability and as long as your 3/4 ton TV can handle it, it's good. Our TW is about 14.5 percent and we also tow with a 3/4 ton and no issues with sway or handling. (Three will be passes needed to also get weights transferred onto steer axle and TT axles.)
Yea, the truck handles it fine and stays well below the 8800# GVWR even with that amount of TW. Sway has never been an issue and I've even towed with no w/d at all without a problem. It helps a lot that it's a extended cab diesel with an 8' bed and a Class V hitch. Nonetheless, for a trailer of this size a good w/d with sway is just better. I think the Sway Pro will be a really good match.
You are on the right track. Best to set up the trailer so there is no sway or problems without sway control. Then add the best sway control available for the rare but often disastrous conditions such as a deer running across the road or some one cutting you off in traffic.
Also use a Prodigy P3 brake controller for those panic stops.
