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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myredracer wrote:
I'm thinking that maybe the only significant downside is possibly overloading the front axles and tires.---
If you're referring to the front axle and tires of the trailer --
keeping the total weight the same while increasing the tongue weight percentage will decrease the load on both axles, as long as you keep the trailer level.
Increasing the tongue weight percentage means that a greater portion of the total load is carried on the ball and a smaller portion is carried on the axles.
Ron
