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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Brochure weights tell you how the empty trailer is balanced.
This is what I thought, which is why I was looking at trailers with a relatively low tongue weight. I don't want to overwhelm the truck. My thinking is that, because the water tank is on the tongue side of the trailers' axle I can add weight up front if necessary by adding fresh water. I was figuring on buying one of those Sherline scales and adjusting the tongue weight as needed. That's the trouble with not actually owning the trailer - you can't just take it somewhere and weigh it, so it's basically research and guesswork. And when you are cutting it close like I am it can make the hair stand up on your arms.
