Lightening tongue weight
It has occurred to us that if we just camp alone, with nothing in the TV but ourselves and a bag of potato chips, we're good with the tongue weight. But after subtracting it from our payload, we don'...
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MargaretB wrote:
Actually, we're not undertrucked. Our TV is quite capable of hauling our TT. And as long as it's just the two of us, the payload capacity works. But if we want to take our kayaks, or anyone else, we're not sure we have enough payload.
Reading what you wrote your tow vehicle isn't quite capable and you are under trucked if simply adding 2 kayaks or another person brings you over weight. That means you are within a hundred or two hundred pounds of maxing out your tow vehicle.
I'm not saying you need a 1 ton dually but I think you need to look at the numbers and realize your tow vehicle isn't as good as you think it is.
As others have said reducing weight from your tongue isn't a good idea and will lead to safety issues. Trust me when I say I'm speaking from experience.
