Travel Trailer - When is it too long ??
Hi all, I'm a newbie to this forum but I've been towing campers and other trailers for many years, first a pop-up, then 26' class c MH, and now a 20' hybrid. In all the years, about 25' is the long...
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On tongue weight, please help me understand this.
I know the tongue weight has to be added to vehicle weight and my owners manual states this. Then it says that, when using a full weight distributing hitch, the tongue weight should be 12% of the loaded trailer weight. So, if I use our 8k lbs max as a fully loaded target, then our tongue weight comes to 960 lbs max. Now, if we change gears in our 3/4 ton 7.4L burb, same chassis, then max tow weight is 10k lbs and max tongue weight goes to 1200 per owners manual. What I don't quite understand is how tongue weight could be 240 lbs different for the same chassis/engine/suspension when pulling with the same weight distributing hitch. Thanks for opening my eyes on this...
I know the tongue weight has to be added to vehicle weight and my owners manual states this. Then it says that, when using a full weight distributing hitch, the tongue weight should be 12% of the loaded trailer weight. So, if I use our 8k lbs max as a fully loaded target, then our tongue weight comes to 960 lbs max. Now, if we change gears in our 3/4 ton 7.4L burb, same chassis, then max tow weight is 10k lbs and max tongue weight goes to 1200 per owners manual. What I don't quite understand is how tongue weight could be 240 lbs different for the same chassis/engine/suspension when pulling with the same weight distributing hitch. Thanks for opening my eyes on this...
