Tongue weight
If the weight on my TT's tongue exceeds the recommended 10-15%, what should I do?
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Dog Trainer wrote:The 10 -15 range came about quite simply.10% is what the minimum should be. 15 is the most that many TVs/hitches can handle. If your TV and hitch can handle more, then it is no problem.RinconVTR wrote:
More than 15% tongue weight on any loaded TT is far too much.Toy haulers are always on the heavy end of the tolerance, but balance out when loaded.
It may be true that if you have a HD truck of some sort, and your towing experience is good, then change nothing. But I have a feeling that's not the case, or you would not be here asking.
The lack of detail is killing any accurate response.
I am really interested in knowing why 15% TW is way too much. I guess if you are overloading the hitch, Payload or in some way violating the weight parameters it is a bad thing, but what is the downside to being 15% and within the parameters otherwise. I agree there is too little info to make a sensible reply so I am just wondering.
