Tongue weight

RCMAN46 wrote:

LarryJM wrote:

RCMAN46 wrote:

Turtle n Peeps wrote:
The more tongue weight you have the better it will tow. As long as you are not over on any of your truck spec's leave it.

X2

This is a major reason 5th wheels tow better with pin weights in the 20-25% and sometimes even more.

The more tongue weight or pin the better.

The big guys have pin weights that often get near 40%.

I disagree with that conclusion. The MAIN/MAJOR REASON for the better stability and towing characteristics of a 5er is from WHERE the pin/hitch wt. is in reference to the TV rear axle and NOT FROM THE HIGHER pin/hitch wt.

Larry

Lower your pin weight to 10% where many tongue pulls are at then tell us how the handling compares to 20-25%.

That's a ridiculous statement since to get 10% you would have to GROSSLY misload a 5er to remove that much pin wt and has absolutely NO BEARING on what the major factor that makes a 5er setup more stable and that is the location of the tongue/pin wt to the rear axle of the TV AND NOT the percentage of that tongue wt.

Larry