F-150 Crew Max Tow vs. Hideout 30ft TT

ah64id wrote:

Kevin O. wrote:
Not sure where you are getting your tongue weight figures from?

Experience, they are always heavier than listed in a brochure. On my current trailer the lightest tongue weight I have ever seen, with an empty trailer, is 200# over the listed tongue weight.. and that trailer doesn't even have any options available everything is standard. Most of the bigger BH TT's end up with TW's that are 15%, yours is lighter and that's not the norm but in your case allows you to tow it.

Dry often doesn't include things like propane, batteries, air conditioning, etc.. Propane and batteries are almost 100% tongue weight, very little goes on the trailer axles.

As you have done, weighing is the best answer.

For the record I'm not a NEWBIE to towing a trailer. And from what I have been told over the years a tongue weights sweet spot is 12% of the trailer weight. 15% I'm sure is fine but seems on the high side for a bumper pull trailer. After seeing your trailers specs, you have a dry hitch weight of only 710lbs. I can't believe your tongue weight can be 1200lbs on a (loaded) 7800lb trailer? Are you traveling with a full fresh water tank? With your #'s you are above 15% tongue weight.. Did you weigh your rig without the WDHitch attached? With a properly adjusted hitch you end up transferring 20% of that tongue weight back onto the trailer axles.