Tongue Weight - Pleasant Surprise
Since we bought our '95 TT 13 months ago, I have been meaning to get it weighed, but just haven't gotten around to it. Our Suburban is only a 1/2 ton, so I've been a little concerned about different w...
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Huntindog wrote:
I'm not so sure I would be overjoyed about a lighter than expected TW.
Your TT is a prime example of an issue I often bring up. With your FW tank up front, and the waste water in the rear, you could have a dramatic change in TW in the course of a trip.
If you were to need a full FW tank, and propane tanks, and need to dry camp, towing it home with close to empty FW, and propane, and full waste water tanks.... The TW would be MUCH lighter than when the trip started. Quite possibly too light.
Something to be aware of.
I wouldn't equate "Pleasant Surprise" and "overjoyed" as the same thing. I was merely making the point that I now know I'm not overloaded as far as TW goes when we camp. And as to dry camping, yes that is possible at some point, but we always camp with W/E. So the chances of us using up our FW and towing home with close-to-full black and gray tanks is very unlikely. But I do agree that if that scenario were to ever happen, I would need to be aware of a too-light TW.
We are camping the 2nd weekend of November at a state park that has electric, but not water at each site. I will tow there with a close-to-full FW tank, and we will use a decent amount, I'm sure, while there. But they have a dump station, and I will dump there before heading home. So that shouldn't be a problem.
