cliif wrote:
I wish I could stow more gear in the Toy Hauler, but the tow limit of 5100 lbs is forcing me to stow gear in the vehicle rather than the trailer.
As long as your aren't exceeding hitch or axle ratings, your truck doesn't care whether the gear is in the truck or trailer. The drivetrain has to move the same weight either way. A couple other points- a toy hauler has the garage toward the rear of the trailer, correct? Adding weight to the garage actually reduces tongue weight slightly. Toy haulers are built tongue-heavy when empty on purpose so they balance well when loaded. A point about weight distributing hitches, they do just that, they distribute weight. If your hitch weight is 1000 pounds, some of the weight gets transferred onto the front axle of the truck and some of it gets transferred onto the trailer axles. Your effective hitch weight will be somewhat less than 1000 pounds. The only way to know for sure is to weigh each axle when loaded and the WD hitch adjusted. So, not every single pound of hitch weight is not carried by the truck if you use a properly adjusted WD hitch.
