What's wrong with too much tongue weight?
I understand that too little tongue weight will lead to sway and that the target is between 10-15%, but are there any consequences to having more than that? I don't have concerns with my payload or W...
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It is the old story, numbers do not lie. I have made many guesses, estimates and calculation on tongue weight; only to be surprised by the CAT scales.
Load your rig for the road including dogs, cats and camp gear etc. Weigh the TV and TT. Disconnect the TT and re-weigh the TV. The difference in the combined TV axel weights is the load your TV is seeing when you add the TT.
Now you have the unload truck axel weights, the loaded truck axel weights and the trailer axel weight.
You know that with the WD hitch installed, 1. How much weight was added to the TV axles. 2. The axle weight of the TT.
So, if you add the TT axel weight plus the TV weight gain and divide it into the TV weight gain. It tells you the percentage of load that the WD hitch is transferring to the TV.
It sounds more complicated than it really is and they are the real numbers.
As for sway issues a host of reasons come to mind; suspension, tire pressure, TT nose up or nose down, to name a few.
Good Luck
Load your rig for the road including dogs, cats and camp gear etc. Weigh the TV and TT. Disconnect the TT and re-weigh the TV. The difference in the combined TV axel weights is the load your TV is seeing when you add the TT.
Now you have the unload truck axel weights, the loaded truck axel weights and the trailer axel weight.
You know that with the WD hitch installed, 1. How much weight was added to the TV axles. 2. The axle weight of the TT.
So, if you add the TT axel weight plus the TV weight gain and divide it into the TV weight gain. It tells you the percentage of load that the WD hitch is transferring to the TV.
It sounds more complicated than it really is and they are the real numbers.
As for sway issues a host of reasons come to mind; suspension, tire pressure, TT nose up or nose down, to name a few.
Good Luck
