Downside to tongue weight over 15%?
Tongue weight should be between 10 & 15%. It usually is. There is a potential serious safety issue if it's below 10% and that's well documented everywhere. But what is the downside of being over 15...
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waynec1957 wrote:My guess is that the TT is designed that way as it's particular floorplan/layout means that typical loading will increase the TW...myredracer wrote:
Interestingly, the percentage based on factory dry weights is 10%.
I’m glad someone else noticed this; I’ve seen published tongue weights from different manufacturers as low as 9%. The general consensus (though not everyone agrees) seems to be manufacturers design some TTs with these lighter TWs to make them “half-ton towable”.
This is actually sound thinking rather that the other way around.
