Is this truck and trailer combo safe??
So I've been lurking here for awhile, and now DH and I are getting ready to purchase our first travel trailer. His truck is rated to tow 6,200 pounds, and the payload is 1,688 pounds. The trail...
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MFL wrote:Lula85 wrote:
Thanks, that helps a lot. So the tongue weight- is this a combination of the trailer hitch, things on it like propane/batteries, and also the hitch already on the truck?
The tongue wt is just that, the weight of the tongue pushing down on the hitch ball. It will normally be 12-13% of the actual loaded to go camping trailer wt.
The dry tongue wt is the amount pushing on the hitch ball with an empty trailer.
Jerry
Awesome! That helps a lot. Been trying to resaearch all this stuff online, but many times it is not explained so simply.
