Shorteelaw wrote:
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We found one that we LOVED but then we looked and it was 5300 dry and the dry hitch weight was 800 frickin pounds.
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Wow, never seen a trailer with a DRY tongue weight ratio over 15%.
Usually it's 10-12% dry until you load it up, and then it turns into *surprise* >15%. That's happened to me twice now.
On this trailer, where is the storage and batteries? Just maybe it's designed so most of the added weight will be over or behind the axles? If it's behind the axles, it will actually reduce the tongue weight.
I've always found estimating Loaded tongue weight to be the most difficult part of the "looking-for-a-trailer" process.