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bkcauley
Explorer
Sep 07, 2014

carrying weight on rear bumper to offset tounge weight.

Through all of my searching I've found some trailers with good dry weight but kinda heavy on the tounge. I do want to carry tools and stuff with me and have a few other ideas that I want to do that wi...
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W_E_BGood
Explorer
Sep 07, 2014
BKCAULEY...the following is for illustrative purposes in attempting to answer your question.

I have a 27' Keystone Outback 250RS with two axles and rated 6K dry. The 30-gallon fresh water tank is entirely behind the wheels at the rear of the trailer.
The tongue weight was 625 lbs. before filling the 30 tank with 240 lbs. (30 gallons) of water, which raised it to 760 lbs.

Lesson: adding weight to the rear of the trailer will add some of that weight to the tongue.

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