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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wmoses wrote:69 Avion wrote:
When I built my last camping trailer I put the extra water (34 gallons) right in front of the axle and the gasoline (20 gallons right in front of that. The reason is that water is 8.33# per gallon whereas gasoline is just over 6# per gallon.
What was the gasoline for?
I carry a quad on the trailer (along with one in the truck) and I have a couple of generators, so the gasoline with it's electronic fuel pump and dispensing hose comes in real handy. Actually, the generator gets very little use since I added solar. I still need it in the summer, when I run the AC.
