Weight distribution in trailer?
How do you get the weight distributed correctly in the trailer? What are the signs that it is not? If a trailer is porpoising.. is that too much in front? Sway.. too much in rear? Any info would be ap...
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Lynnmor wrote:We have a winner!!Atlee wrote:
Only if the fresh water tank is all the way forward, or all the way aft. My fresh water tank sits over the axles, so the water doesn't come into play, except if the 40 gal water tank is only half full. The sloshing could conceivably have an effect.Lynnmor wrote:rbpru wrote:
My point is, the 1200 lbs of stuff that was added to the dry weight of my TT has an assigned spot. Not a lot of room to "balance" the load.
That's true, you are limited on most items normally carried in a travel trailer. You do have hundreds of pounds of water to play with, so that may be an option.
If you have a trailer that just cannot be balanced with the proper hitch weight, you have two option; camp in the driveway or get a better designed trailer.
Funny thing about water tanks, they may be installed at different locations depending on model. Another thing is that the water can actually find its way into gray and black tanks.
Not only can water move around, but many other weights can change in the course of a trip.
Propane gets burned and disappears, food and drink gets consumed and ends up in the waste tanks etc. Many other items for one reason or another can change places..
So for those with marginal TVs that strive for the minimum TW... It can be a fools errand.
I beieve in having a STOUT TV and starting out a trip with a LOT of TW.
The 10 to 15% is a guideline... Understand that the 10% minumum is to keep one out of sway trouble. Going under 10% should never be done.
OTOH...
The 15% often quoted as a maximum is because most TVs, recievers and hitches will run out of capacity at that point.... If your hitch, TV, and reciever can handle more TW, then there is no harm in it.
