The difference between dry an loaded weight.
When I bought my 25 ft. TT the literature said 5004 lbs. dry and 400 lbs. on the tongue. Common sense said it would weigh more when loaded but how much more? So before a couple of our trips I took ...
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I have long since given up on where the 1200 to 1400 lbs of TT weight came from. It is a 2010 Dutchmen Lite that I bought used and for all I know the dry weight figures never were correct.
What was deceptive was the 8% tongue weight from the factory and the 10% figure in the Ford towing guide.
So the point of my post was to advise the newcomer and not so newcomer to be careful when "guesstamating" tongue weight.
The easiest way was to have others comment on their discoveries. There is a lot of experience on this website.
What was deceptive was the 8% tongue weight from the factory and the 10% figure in the Ford towing guide.
So the point of my post was to advise the newcomer and not so newcomer to be careful when "guesstamating" tongue weight.
The easiest way was to have others comment on their discoveries. There is a lot of experience on this website.
