sway control requirements
I am trading for a 25 ft mini lite. My tv is a F250 crew cab with a 6.2l gas motor The tongue weight is about 600lb . Will I require a WD hitch and will I require sway control.
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No one has questioned this yet, but 600 lbs seems unreasonably light for the tongue a 25 foot trailer.
We have a 26 foot trailer and the tongue wt is 950-1000 lbs depending on level in the 2 propane tanks. (yes, I have a Surline tongue scale). The trailer loaded for a trip weighs 7,600 lbs total, including tongue weight, by the Pilot CAT scales.
We bought this trailer new and the sticker indicates tongue weight of 700 lbs, but I have NEVER seen it anywhere close to that. I'm pretty sure that sticker tongue weight is without propane tanks and battery installed on the tongue. A full propane tank weighs 35# and a battery around #70, so you will be adding at least 140# to the tongue, plus all the clothes you and DW stuff in the closets that are probably forward.
I suspect when reality sets in, you take delivery with 2 full propane bottles and the battery, load it for a trip, and then ACTUALLY WEIGH the tongue, it is going to be closer to 900 lbs if not more.
All my experience is with a half ton pickup, but if you ever plan to pull west of Arkansas you are going to need the WDH for sway control at the very least. And I suspect you will need it for leveling even on a 250 truck, but that's a guess.
We have a 26 foot trailer and the tongue wt is 950-1000 lbs depending on level in the 2 propane tanks. (yes, I have a Surline tongue scale). The trailer loaded for a trip weighs 7,600 lbs total, including tongue weight, by the Pilot CAT scales.
We bought this trailer new and the sticker indicates tongue weight of 700 lbs, but I have NEVER seen it anywhere close to that. I'm pretty sure that sticker tongue weight is without propane tanks and battery installed on the tongue. A full propane tank weighs 35# and a battery around #70, so you will be adding at least 140# to the tongue, plus all the clothes you and DW stuff in the closets that are probably forward.
I suspect when reality sets in, you take delivery with 2 full propane bottles and the battery, load it for a trip, and then ACTUALLY WEIGH the tongue, it is going to be closer to 900 lbs if not more.
All my experience is with a half ton pickup, but if you ever plan to pull west of Arkansas you are going to need the WDH for sway control at the very least. And I suspect you will need it for leveling even on a 250 truck, but that's a guess.
