New trailer, what do these weights mean?
Hi, we are brand new to travel trailers and I'm trying to get a grasp on what all of these weights mean to figure out if we're even towing safely. I have been trying to read all I can, but it's jus...
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Thanks everyone, I'm trying to learn as much as I can.
As far as rear axle over loaded, I think we figured that one out. Turns out our driveway has a very slight downgrade to it which caused the trailer hitch to be slightly lower than the truck normally would be, so we weren't getting full use from the WDH. We figured out we need to hitch up and connect everything, then pull out into the street where it is completely flat and re-adjust the WDH to ease the load on the rear axle.
Now I'm trying to figure out what the best hitch, WDH, sway control bar etc I should be using. I feel the dealer just gave us run of the mill ones although I have no idea. I really want the best I can get since my 3 young kids will generally be in the car with us while towing.
We're going to fill it up with water, re-adjust our WDH and go back to the scales with all the kids in the car (we have a CAT scale about 2 easy miles from our house) to get a better idea of what everything weighs with water on board, just in case.
As far as rear axle over loaded, I think we figured that one out. Turns out our driveway has a very slight downgrade to it which caused the trailer hitch to be slightly lower than the truck normally would be, so we weren't getting full use from the WDH. We figured out we need to hitch up and connect everything, then pull out into the street where it is completely flat and re-adjust the WDH to ease the load on the rear axle.
Now I'm trying to figure out what the best hitch, WDH, sway control bar etc I should be using. I feel the dealer just gave us run of the mill ones although I have no idea. I really want the best I can get since my 3 young kids will generally be in the car with us while towing.
We're going to fill it up with water, re-adjust our WDH and go back to the scales with all the kids in the car (we have a CAT scale about 2 easy miles from our house) to get a better idea of what everything weighs with water on board, just in case.
