Neewbe questions hitch / weight
Hi there i about as green as it gets with trailers. Belived i would be a truck and tent goer and gave people hard times for buying trailer until i slept in brother inlaws trailer on last hunt. Annnnd ...
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Different hitch manufacturers, make their hitches with varying weight ratings. One may have them in 200 lb increments, where another may have 3 or 4 hundred lb increments, and some have 200 lb increments up to a certain point and then jump 3 or 400 lbs.
If your loaded (includes propane, batteries, and camping load) is 1200 lbs, you should look for a hitch that is rated higher than 1200. That may be 1400, 1500, or 1700 lbs, depending on the manufacturer.
Keep in mind, your hitch (AKA tongue weight) is not a constant number. It goes up and down during every trip. You may load different things in different places, you may have varying levels in your holding tanks, you may have varying levels of propane on board, etc, and you may have varying levels of beer and groceries.
Your holding tanks can actually affect your hitch weight quite a bit. Those in front of the trailer axles will add hitch weight, and those behind the axles will subtract hitch weight. There may be times when your hitch weight goes over 1200 lbs.
During any given trip, my hitch weight can be anywhere between 975 and 1200 lbs. I use the 1500 lb BlueOx Swaypro (built in sway control).
If your loaded (includes propane, batteries, and camping load) is 1200 lbs, you should look for a hitch that is rated higher than 1200. That may be 1400, 1500, or 1700 lbs, depending on the manufacturer.
Keep in mind, your hitch (AKA tongue weight) is not a constant number. It goes up and down during every trip. You may load different things in different places, you may have varying levels in your holding tanks, you may have varying levels of propane on board, etc, and you may have varying levels of beer and groceries.
Your holding tanks can actually affect your hitch weight quite a bit. Those in front of the trailer axles will add hitch weight, and those behind the axles will subtract hitch weight. There may be times when your hitch weight goes over 1200 lbs.
During any given trip, my hitch weight can be anywhere between 975 and 1200 lbs. I use the 1500 lb BlueOx Swaypro (built in sway control).
