Weight Distribution and max tongue weight
Let's say I have a travel trailer with a GVW of 4300 lbs and, due to certain options on the TT, my tongue weight is 700 lbs. That is 16.3% of the GVW on the tongue, above the recommeded maxumun of 15...
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Huntindog wrote:
Consider this. TTs TW can shift dramatically in the course of a trip. FW gets used and ends up in waste tanks, food gets eaten and ends up there too. Propane gets consumed and ends up in the air. And many other things can move around as well.
Very much so !!!
My fresh tank is behind the axles. When full, it takes 150 - 200 lbs off my tongue weight. As the fresh tank level goes down, tongue weight is going back up. My galley tank is far forward of the axles. It is adding tongue weight along with the fresh tank going down. An empty fresh tank and a full galley tank combined, will add 300 lbs to my tongue weight. My kitchen is up front, as the groceries are going away, they are taking off some of that 300 lbs.
Percentage wise, my tongue weight fluctuates between 12 and 16 percent.
