Tongue Weight/Loading q's
Things running through my mind related to tongue weight and/or loading. -When loading is weight 1 for 1? So say I add 100 lbs of gear in front of the axles, is this 100 lbs additionally on the ton...
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The weight applied to the ball is proportional to the distance from the axle to the weight, and the ball to the axles.
If 100lbs is 2ft from the axle and the ball is 10ft from the axles, then 2/10 of the weight goes on the ball, or 20lbs, and 8/10 of the weight goes on the axles, or 80lbs. Like someone else said, basic algebra.
FOR ALL INTENTS AND PURPOSES, attitude does NOT affect tongue weight. If you want to get nit-picky about it, attitude affects tongue weight SLIGHTLY. Maybe up to 10 pounds difference. Negligible. Not enough to bother with.
Aerodynamically, attitude makes a huge difference. Level to slightly nose down helps with trailer stability, but that's not what you asked.
For your third question, probably, but not necessarily. If you are dumb and load everything in the trailer behind the axle, the trailer will go more nose-up than it already is. If you fill the trailer with pillows, then it probably won't change. If you fill the front of the trailer with rocks, then it will go to a nose-down stance.
If 100lbs is 2ft from the axle and the ball is 10ft from the axles, then 2/10 of the weight goes on the ball, or 20lbs, and 8/10 of the weight goes on the axles, or 80lbs. Like someone else said, basic algebra.
FOR ALL INTENTS AND PURPOSES, attitude does NOT affect tongue weight. If you want to get nit-picky about it, attitude affects tongue weight SLIGHTLY. Maybe up to 10 pounds difference. Negligible. Not enough to bother with.
Aerodynamically, attitude makes a huge difference. Level to slightly nose down helps with trailer stability, but that's not what you asked.
For your third question, probably, but not necessarily. If you are dumb and load everything in the trailer behind the axle, the trailer will go more nose-up than it already is. If you fill the trailer with pillows, then it probably won't change. If you fill the front of the trailer with rocks, then it will go to a nose-down stance.
