Horrible Sway
I tried to find a previous post, but was unable to. Sorry if this is a common question/post. I have a 2015 Hideout 31rbts. Dry weight is 8500# from the factory. I tow it with a 2011 Ford F250 6.7 Pow...
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dodge guy wrote:
The only problem is your still guessing on the loaded weight of the trailer. So even if you load to 800 lbs, the trailer may weigh 8300lbs. That's under 10% for tongue weight. You need a good baseline for your loaded for a trip trailer. Then you can load to trailer with the tongue on a scale to get to the 12.5% tongue weight figure!
Tongue weight needs to be 10-15%. 15% of my 8500lb dry weight is 1275 lbs. If my tongue weight is at 1200 lbs I'm good up to 12,000lb total weight which I know I'm not that heavy. Heaviest I will be based on what I have in there (I haul with my tanks empty) is 10,000 lbs. If I'm between 1,000-1,200 lbs I know I'm in the 10-15% range that is recommended. Is it a "guess"? Yes, but it's an educated guess.
