Tongue Weight % w/w out WDH
I know this has been discussed as nauseum, but my long term memory isn't what it should be and neither are my search skills... When you hear that tongue weight should be 10-15% of overall weight, d...
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oyarsa wrote:
Last trip, I figured the weight of the trailer to be 5320 lbs. This time is probably more, but not by that much. We were under GVWR for the Sequoia by 100 lbs. last trip.
So, do I need to completely unhitch the trailer at the scale to get an accurate tongue weight? I should be able to just take off the weight distribution bars, correct?
if you have the total weight of the tow vehicle only (including the hitch and bars), you can do as you said and just reweigh the vehicle with the hitch connected and bars off. The new total vehicle weight will be the original plus the tongue weight.
