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Ron_Gratz
Sep 07, 2014Explorer
W.E.BGood wrote:I guess that would be possible --
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.
if the rear end of the trailer were supported on jacks and the tires were removed. Otherwise, it is not possible.
In order for 240# of weight to increase the TW by 145#, the added weight would have to be roughly half way between the coupler and the axles.
Perhaps you need to re-check your weights.
Ron
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