Tongue Weight Rating
Hello, We are buying a trailer for our daughter and son-in-law. They now have a Ford Expedition with 8,900# tow rating. 80% of that is 7,120#, but they should stay below 7,000# loaded (5,500 to 6...
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queenie2 wrote:What do you mean by "the rig is level"? If you're saying there should be "equal squat" front and rear, that does not agree with Ford's specification for adjusting a WDH.
I have a solution for this issue. Load everything up to traveling loads, adjust the WD bars so that the rig is level, particularly the TV, and weight each axle seperately.---
---The next step is compare each axle weight do determine that the tires and the individual axles are not over loaded per the manufacturer's specs.---That's good to do, but I believe the "issue" is keeping the TT's tongue weight under the receiver's maximum tongue weight rating.
---The load distribution details of the total rig and the published highway spec are way too complicated to reach any conclusions on a forum.Can you explain this statement? What do you mean by "distribution details of the total rig"? What do you mean by "published highway spec"?
Ron
