Tongue weight in Europe is around 7%
I know I am going to get some super experienced folks in the U.S. criticizing tongue/hitch weights being less than 10%, but let's discuss this. It seems the approach in the U.K. and Europe is to atte...
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Lots of factors involved, some have been mentioned. Consider the average weight of the European trailer compared to the weight of the tow vehicle, for another. I doubt that there are many cases where the trailer outweighs the tow vehicle. Americans are told that their 6,000 pound pickup can tow 10,000 pound trailers without a problem. Also, what is the wheelbase of the European tow vehicles compared to trailer length. We tow thirty foot trailers with twenty foot tow vehicles. My point is, when the tow vehicle is larger and heavier than the trailer, good things happen.
