Tongue Weight
I weighed my 28' Starcraft TT camper. I had a weight of 5,780 pounds for the trailer that was attached to my 2005 Ford Expedition with a weight distributing hitch. The Expedition was not on the scal...
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davebr wrote:Is it possible that you have the numbers reversed?
I weighed my 28' Starcraft TT camper. I had a weight of 5,780 pounds for the trailer that was attached to my 2005 Ford Expedition with a weight distributing hitch. The Expedition was not on the scale. The trailer by itself on the scale and not attached to the Expedition was 4,960 pounds. Does this mean that the tongue weight is 820 pounds which is 14.2% of the trailer wieght? Do I have an issue of some kind? Thanks for the help.
If the load on the TT's axles, when attached to the TV, was 4960#, and
if the weight of the TT, when on the scales by itself, was 5780#, then
the tongue weight would be approximately 820# plus any load which was transferred to the TT's axles via the WDH
Depending on how much load was transferred to the TT's axles, the tongue weight might be in excess of the TV's TW rating.
Ron
