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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Well, now I'm truly at my wits end.
I used the bathroom scale method to get a tongue weight for my TT. It's fully loaded and weighed at 3,220lbs. I checked the bathroom scale and it's within a lb of accurate.
So my max tongue weight (15% of loaded weight) is 483lbs.
My first reading brought in 510lbs. Crud.
So I moved EVERYTHING in the TT to at or behind the axle and weighed again. Now it's 492lbs tongue weight.
What the HECK. The trailer has 1/4 tank of water (7 gallons or so) in it, the water tank is at the very front of the TT. *Everything* else that weighs an ounce is at or behind the axle. And I'm still over tongue weight?
Is my trailer designed wrong? Why would a trailer be designed so that if you put ANY water in the tank it's over tongue-weight?
I'm pretty hoppin' mad right now. I don't know what to do about this. Travel with no water at all? Leave the propane and batter at home? Why is this happening?
I used the bathroom scale method to get a tongue weight for my TT. It's fully loaded and weighed at 3,220lbs. I checked the bathroom scale and it's within a lb of accurate.
So my max tongue weight (15% of loaded weight) is 483lbs.
My first reading brought in 510lbs. Crud.
So I moved EVERYTHING in the TT to at or behind the axle and weighed again. Now it's 492lbs tongue weight.
What the HECK. The trailer has 1/4 tank of water (7 gallons or so) in it, the water tank is at the very front of the TT. *Everything* else that weighs an ounce is at or behind the axle. And I'm still over tongue weight?
Is my trailer designed wrong? Why would a trailer be designed so that if you put ANY water in the tank it's over tongue-weight?
I'm pretty hoppin' mad right now. I don't know what to do about this. Travel with no water at all? Leave the propane and batter at home? Why is this happening?
