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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At this point, the tongue weight has come to the top of my question list because our favorite of favorites so far is within our 8k weight but has a 1016 lb tongue weight. That's 56 lbs over the 12%*8000 lbs, but it is 184 lbs less than the 12%*10000 lbs.
Now, if we use the 13% figure suggested by CampingN.C. (thank you), then we're there as 13%*8000 is 1040 and that would mean our favorite at 1016 tongue weight would be ok. Is 13% generally accepted as ok for tongue weight?
Also, any advice on which WD hitch to get is appreciated, as we were going to pretty much leave that to the dealer where we buy the TT (since we have no prior experience with WD hitches). The WD hitch that is 102" is very interesting as the TT's we've looked at are 96". Sounds like even more stabilazation ?
One other question - I've seen at least one TT advertised with shocks, but I haven't seen many. DO some of the larger TT's offer shock absorbers as options?
Now, if we use the 13% figure suggested by CampingN.C. (thank you), then we're there as 13%*8000 is 1040 and that would mean our favorite at 1016 tongue weight would be ok. Is 13% generally accepted as ok for tongue weight?
Also, any advice on which WD hitch to get is appreciated, as we were going to pretty much leave that to the dealer where we buy the TT (since we have no prior experience with WD hitches). The WD hitch that is 102" is very interesting as the TT's we've looked at are 96". Sounds like even more stabilazation ?
One other question - I've seen at least one TT advertised with shocks, but I haven't seen many. DO some of the larger TT's offer shock absorbers as options?
