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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SDcampowneroperator wrote: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 %.
Thanks for the advice.
I just now went to the garage, picked it up, had my wife slide the scale underneath the tongue, and set it back down.
The tongue weight is 270 lbs. on the spot.
(And that's without the ice chest, food, and bedding inside (all of which goes in front of the axle). Our clothes go in the cargo area of the van.)
