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I am looking at buying a 2015 Keystone Energy 300FBS toy hauler. The dry weight is 7740, carrying capacity is 2260, and the dry tongue weight is 1180. Right now I own a 2013 F150 EB, SuperCrew, Ma...
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rangerheave wrote:
The dealer where I was looking at this new trailer told me (very confidently I might add) that by adding my 1,000lb Polaris RZR to the back would take a "great deal" of the weight off the tongue.
You can calculate that. Find the point on the trailer midway between the axles, then measure from there to the coupler. Then measure back from the midpoint to where the Polaris would sit.
Example: The midpoint between the trailer axles is 20' to the coupler and the Polaris is parked 10' behind the midpoint. 1000 lbs x 10' =10,000. 10,000/20' = 500 lbs, so your tongue weight would lighten by 500 lbs in this example.
Using the same example for stuff packed ahead of the axles. If you add 100 lbs 10' from the midpoint and 10' from the coupler, it adds 50 lbs to the tongue weight and 50 lbs to the trailer axles. If the 100 lbs is 5' from the coupler, it adds 75 lbs to the tongue weight and 25 lbs to the trailer axles. You get the idea.
If you weigh every item that you add to the trailer and do the math as above, i'm betting you will reach the same conclusion:
rangerheave wrote:
I think Ive been hornswaggled.
