questions about TT hitch
Often cited here is to have 10-15% of TT weight placed on tow vehicle for stability. Where does that number come from? would more than 15% or more be better? Where can I find the math on t...
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Your absolute min. TW should be 10%.
Providing you have the WDH set up correctly, there is no safety or handling issue from being over 15% (unless well over the TV payload cap.). I asked this question earlier this year and there was no indication of a downside to being over 15%. Downside to over 15%? Have looked all over the internet as well. Yesterday I was reading an article in the latest RV Lifestyle mag. written by Andy from Can-Am RV in Ontario (the guy that promotes towing a 30'+ TT with a car) and he stated that being over 15% can affect handling and safety. (His ideas are kinda out there tho.)
You need to look at the receiver rating, whether or not you can transfer enough weight back onto the steer axle and as noted previously, if over 15% you need to consider the impact on the payload capacity of the TV and wear on the coupler/ball.
Before questioning the spring bar rating, you need to know what your actual tongue weight is. You could simply not have the WDH set up properly.
Info. on your TV, TT and WDH would help as would a photo or two.
As a bit of an aside, Andy Thomson at Can-Am had an article in the above mag. about someone towing a 31' Airstream with a Chrysler 300 who got an accident and jackknifed (someone cut the driver off). He was boasting about how great it was the driver was towing with the Chrysler otherwise if the TV had been a heavier TV like a truck, the physical damage to the vehicles would have been a lot worse.
Providing you have the WDH set up correctly, there is no safety or handling issue from being over 15% (unless well over the TV payload cap.). I asked this question earlier this year and there was no indication of a downside to being over 15%. Downside to over 15%? Have looked all over the internet as well. Yesterday I was reading an article in the latest RV Lifestyle mag. written by Andy from Can-Am RV in Ontario (the guy that promotes towing a 30'+ TT with a car) and he stated that being over 15% can affect handling and safety. (His ideas are kinda out there tho.)
You need to look at the receiver rating, whether or not you can transfer enough weight back onto the steer axle and as noted previously, if over 15% you need to consider the impact on the payload capacity of the TV and wear on the coupler/ball.
Before questioning the spring bar rating, you need to know what your actual tongue weight is. You could simply not have the WDH set up properly.
Info. on your TV, TT and WDH would help as would a photo or two.
As a bit of an aside, Andy Thomson at Can-Am had an article in the above mag. about someone towing a 31' Airstream with a Chrysler 300 who got an accident and jackknifed (someone cut the driver off). He was boasting about how great it was the driver was towing with the Chrysler otherwise if the TV had been a heavier TV like a truck, the physical damage to the vehicles would have been a lot worse.
