SoundGuy wrote:
Copperhead wrote:
See if they have a small scale used for checking tongue weight.
Dry tongue weight is irrelevant, it's gross tongue weight with the trailer fully loaded & ready to camp that the OP wants to figure out as selecting the correctly sized weight distribution system is entirely dependent on that number.
Ditto on dry tongue weight being irrelevant.
The actual tongue weight will be higher, before it leaves the dealer lot. It will go up more when it gets loaded with dishes, pots and pans, BBQ, camp chairs, bedding, etc. Then it will fluctuate, up and down, during every trip.
Depending on floor plan, loading, and holding tank location (in relation to trailer axles), tongue weight can fluctuate quite a bit. My trailer for example (front kitchen with a galley tank in front end of the trailer, black / grey tanks above the axles, and fresh tank behind the axles) can have tongue weight anywhere between 975 and 1200 lbs. Dry tongue weight was 880 lbs.
Tongue weight not being a constant number the tow vehicle and WD hitch equipment should be sized to handle trailer / tongue weight at their high end.
