Is 1/2" nose high towing an issue?
We have a smallish TT and today I installed an Equalizer WD hitch. Because the tongue of our TT is quite a bit lower than the receiver I have the longer, lower shank that Equalizer suggested. Proble...
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MackinawMan wrote:Huntindog wrote:
It "CAN" be a problem. especially with a single axle TT.
Think of the TT as a teeter totter....
The problem with your teeter totter analogy is that his TT is not "tongue high" because of being overweight in the rear end. If that were the case the motion you describe is definitely a possibility. Being a bit nose high due to hitch setup is much different as long as the TW is sufficient as you state....but that was never his question. I will say that it is good you brought that up....because I just assumed it was OK from the start and I shouldn't have.
That's what I thought too.... I'm riding 1/2" nose high not because the trailer is too heavy in the back, but because the ball is just a tad high on the shank.
Tongue weight should be about 10% of trailer weight, right? So in my case that's 320lbs since loaded to travel our TT is 3,200lbs, perhaps a bit less.
So... I feel that if my tongue weight is correct (320lbs +/- a few lbs, preferably +) then being just a tad high in the nose isn't really a big deal.
Also, we're travelling to only developed campgrounds, so we elected to run with the water tank at 25% capacity instead of full. It's at the very front of the trailer, so I guess if I need to add tongue weight I can always put some water in the tank and mark where it gets the tongue weight right and just run with it full to that line at all times?
