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Plumber101010
Explorer
Dec 26, 2014

Posting for friend who has question about weight dist hitch

Everyone he asks and everything he reads, tells him to use a weight distribution hitch. 31 foot fiberglass travel trailer, 6300 Dry, 8000 pounds gross. Pulling with a beast for sure, 2015 Chevy 3500 w...
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jerem0621
Explorer II
Dec 27, 2014
Yep, most box trailer (TT, enclosed trailer, etc) shoot for a Tongue Weight of 12-13ish%

Quick math on an 8900 lb trailer the tongue weight can easily get upwards of 1100-1300 lbs (or more)...

Its highly likely that your friend underestimated how much tongue weight he has.

Thanks for the kind words about the forum. Its generally a pretty good place.

Thanks!

Jeremiah

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