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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Ron Gratz wrote:
My first TT was an ABI Award made in Canada and based on a British design. It was 27' long, had a loaded weight of 5000#, a loaded tongue weight of 500#, and towed very nicely with a 1994 Ford Explorer using a Drawtite WDH and a single friction sway bar.
Ron
This was a well designed and balanced trailer, obviously. The Ford Explorer of the era weighed less than the 5000 lb and 27 foot long trailer, and being towed and handled well with a single friction sway bar, this must give credit to good trailer design and weight balancing. Well done, Ron!
