Am I on the right track???
I've read that to safe that the tongue weight of TT should be somewhere between 9% and 15% on the total loaded trailer weight. Say for a 6000 lb trailer, its 9% tongue wt is 540 lbs and for 15% the t...
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BeerBrewer wrote:You can use dry weight and guess what ever you want. Often this translates into being over the max weight, just a matter of how much. Or use the GVWR and have a reasonable cushion to be under the rating. Either way ACTUAL weight is what matters. You can tow over the rating too and that is your choice. Unfortunately no dealer will let you test drive a trailer to the scale after you load it up. Likewise there is no return policy if you discover you are over weight after the first few trips.
I'm not sure why the GVWR is so important, other that knowing how much you can pack into the trailer.
How about list all the ratings and GVWRs and get some real calculations going?
