Wagging the tail
On our recent trip, I stayed at 65 mph or less and drove very defensively. However, about a handful of times, I had to make a quick steer to one side or the other (something in the road or somebody w...
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GWolfe wrote:
If your pup weighs 2700 lbs you should have a tongue weight of at least 270 lbs, you shouldn't be able to pick it up easily. My 8' pup had a tongue weight of around 200lbs before I added the extension, I have never had a problem with sway.
You need to get more weight up front a WDH is not going to help with a light tongue weight.
Good advice. Tongue weight should be at least 10% of total trailer weight on a ball towable to minimize tail wag.
You said you can pick up the tongue easily. Unless you are an incredibly strong man, I suspect you do not have enough weight forward. Use your bathroom scale under the tongue jack to determine the %.
