I hope I'm barking up the right tree
I have never owned a TT before, although in a previous life I pulled a two-horse trailer all over the Northeast. I was young and carefree back then, never gave towing much thought - just hitch and go....
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I guess I just don't understand the trailer hitch weight thing. For example, I looked at two Sonic Lite models - one is the 168VRB with a dry trailer weight of 2950 and a dry hitch weight of 300. The other is the 169VBH with dry trailer weight of 2990 and dry hitch weight of 410. Both trailers have a GVWR of 4000 lbs. So the trailers are right close weight-wise, but the posted hitch weights are 110 lbs. apart. Now I realize you don't put stock in dry weights but they are there for general comparison purposes, and if you go by the conventional wisdom that says the hitch weight will be equal to the loaded trailer weight X 13% then the hitch weight will ultimately be the same for both trailers. So why the 110 lb. difference in the factory figures? I was using the hitch weight to get an approximation of my loaded hitch weight so I wouldn't exceed my vehicle's payload, but it appears I shouldn't have worried about that at all and instead just looked at GVWR and multiplied that by .13. What gives?
