Tongue weight in Europe is around 7%

Ron Gratz wrote:

rvtrailerpuller wrote:
On another note, I mentioned how nice it could be to stow a spare tire under the trailer rather than on the rear bumper. I did a little research and found there is an American made product from Bal, the Hide-a-Spare. Great product! It can mount any trailer spare tire under any travel trailer.
BAL Hide-A-Spare,
http://norcoind.com/bal/products/consumer/specialty_products/hide-a-spare.shtml

I had a system nearly identical to the BAL Hide-A-Spare located just behind the rear axle on my 1994 Award.

Ron

We love our European designed Award and hope to keep it going for many years to come. Everything about it seems to have been designed intelligently. Our trailer is 23' weighs 4000 lbs with a 300 lb tongue weight (that's 7.5%). Most of the weight is over the axles, also the FW tank is between, the grey water tank is just in front, and the BW tank is just behind. And we have that wonderful spare tire carrier under the trailer. Here is the floorplan:


Just for information the Award does have the RVIA seal on it and there are many that are still traveling all over the US and Canada (the company stopped production in 2005).