Loading the TT for a Trip.............

Wow, getting the portabote inside the TT is quite a feat. I've got a 12 footer and mounted it on the side of the TT with the brackets.
Enjoy your bote and your fishing and camping!

It never hurts to make a pass through the local CAT scale to get the actual numbers. That way you'll have some hard data to help you understand the finer points of how it all works in tow.

I have WDH and sway bar, Like one of you said: you have to get to know your TT, I suppose its the "DO,s & Don'ts and find out where to place things within your TT. My F/W and grey water tanks will be empty, my black water tank will have maybe 5 gallons in, for a, on the road clean. When the slide out is in for traveling I will put the fold up boat in-between the kitchen area and the seating area, the engine will go in a tub in the bathroom between toilet and shower unit, the heaviest gear will be my fishing tackle, believe or not!!, so distributing that gear, should be more of an art form rather than a weight issue. Thank you for the information, that will give me more of a plan of distribution.

Thanks...................

Just make sure to stay within the trailer's listec CCC (cargo carrying capacity). I've always been more concerned with putting things where they should go, and/or where I'll remember they are. If you are carrying the portabote on one side or one end, you may then want to skew some of the inside gear toward the opposite side or end, but with a 54-lb motor, it doesn't sound like a lot of weight to counterbalance.

I just put stuff where it needs to go. That way it's where I need it when I need it. If the TT is that far out of balance that you can't put things where they're suppose to go then you have issues.

I look at packing by volume versus packing by weight. I like to make sure I have the big stuff in the pass through. Depending how mud that weighs, I then divide the weight of the remaining items between the space over the axles and the rear pack-n-play.

I guess you just need to know your RV. They are all a bit different.

I’d put the heavy weight over the axles and then work forward. As said, you don’t want the tw too light. Where your tanks are has a bearing, too. If they tend back of the axle you’ll be tail heavy and I’d put the heavy stuff forward to counterbalance it. Never been an issue to me, a 16’ single axle TT with the water tank over the axle. Full or empty it’s only 20# difference on the hw. In your shoes I’d load up and weight it and then decide if I needed to redistribute any weight.

I'd load the nose / front, first to be sure the tongue is heavy enough. Loading heavy things behind the axle, or even over the axle can cause too little tongue weight. too little tongue weight will cause sway. Keep the nose heavy.