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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rbpru wrote:
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.
Dead on all around! As for the 10% - that is more common for utility trailers and boats, which is where the number comes from.
