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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Why publish a tongue weight at all if it's always just loaded trailer X 13 percent?13 percent of loaded trailer weight on the tongue will result in a stable setup with minimal sway issues. A light tongue can cause sway.
Brochure weights tell you how the empty trailer is balanced. As an example, look at a toy hauler. The unloaded tongue weight is usually quite high as a proportion of total unloaded weight compared to a normal travel trailer, because the manufacturer knows you're going to load hundreds of pounds of toys behind the axles, and they balance the empty unit so that when loaded, it still has an appropriate amount of tongue weight.
