Truck Towing and Trailer Compatability
Hello, I'm about to pull the trigger on a used camper, specifically a Travel Trailer, 2010 Rockwood Signature Ultra Lite 8317SS. I currently have a 2017 GMC Sierra 1/2 Ton Pickup with the following...
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l70cam wrote:
The part that worries me is that the dry tongue weight is 975lb as the trailer sits unloaded. I have confirmed this number with the manufacturer today because I couldn't believe that the tongue weight could be that much. So since I over analyze everything, I wonder if the weight distribution system helps reduce this 975lb amount or whatever it is after the camper is loaded to some lower % amount.
It won't change the total tongue weight, but it will change the distribution of the weight. Some of it will go back on the front axle of the truck, and some back on the trailer axles.
Your unloaded tongue weight doesn't mean much. You could even make it be lower by the way you load the trailer---if you put a lot of weight behind the axles. You will really have to load the trailer and get some weights at a scale. Get axle weights on the truck with and without the trailer, and with and without the WD bars hooked up.
