Could/would a dealer weigh the trailer
We need to keep below a specific tongue weight. We are about to purchase a trailer. Do you think a dealer would have a scale and that they'd let us weigh it? We'd have to put a bunch of people in t...
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If you want to make sure you stay below a certain tongue weight, take the full GVWR of the trailer (max weight trailer can be, including cargo) and multiply that by 13-15 percent. That will give you what your potential max tongue weight could be. Of course, that goes out the window if you overload your trailer.
All trailers will have their dry weight posted, and the max cargo capacity posted. Add those two numbers together to get your GVWR for the trailer.
If you go with that max GVWR, and you are within what you need for tongue weight, at 15 percent of that, then you should be good.
Mike
All trailers will have their dry weight posted, and the max cargo capacity posted. Add those two numbers together to get your GVWR for the trailer.
If you go with that max GVWR, and you are within what you need for tongue weight, at 15 percent of that, then you should be good.
Mike
