2007 Nash 27e
We are (probably) going to get this trailer and I am just looking at opinions. Tow vehicle is a 2013 F150 crew cab 157" wheelbase with ecoboost 3.73 gears/max tow. Payload capacity is just under 16...
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n7bsn wrote:brulaz wrote:
If you have any problem, it will be with the tongue weight of the trailer overloading your truck's GVWR (Payload), hitch receiver rating (probably 1150# with WDH?) and/or rear GAWR (4050#?).
For some reason all my trailers have had over 15% of the trailer weight on the tongue when loaded, despite catalog ratios of only 12-13%. My current 7500# loaded trailer has about 1100# tongue weight and I'm right at the truck's weight limits even with a >2000# payload.
It tows fine, but I have to be careful loading the truck and trailer to stay at or under my limits. You may end up in the same place if the tongue weight of that Nash is upwards of 15%.
Northwoods works hard to balance the loaded weight of their rigs via the location of tanks and storage.
But you can often shift weight off the hitch by how you load the rig, at least to a degree
On my old trailer I attached a tow bar to the frame and carried our bikes back there. That actually helped quite a bit, but the trailer was only 4000# loaded and had a small pass-thru.
The Nash and our new Timber Ridge are much heavier trailers and much of the weight distribution must be built into them. Hopefully the Nash is not as bad as our Timber Ridge 240RKS.
As well, the 240RKS has a huge pass-thru just begging for stuff to be put into it. Plus I'd love to add a couple more golf-cart batteries to the tongue. I've already moved the smaller heavy stuff (tools mostly) to the rear kitchen cabinets. And put the solar panels behind the axles. But if anything, I suspect the tongue weight will just get heavier.
