Newbie: Towing TT w/ 2008 Toyota Sequoia
The camping bug bit my wife over the summer so we decided to attend the RV Expo in Boston over the past weekend. She fell in love with the 2018 Rockwood 2706WS and after two days of looking at smaller...
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stevevalwa wrote:
Or are you guys saying that because the hitch, propane, batteries, etc. are so far forward on the TT, it's likely to bump that hitch weight ratio number up closer to 15%?
Maybe....it depends on the floorplan of the TT and where the storage is. Yes, propane and batteries add almost 1:1 on hitch weight because, well, they sit on the hitch. If you have a rear kitchen and lots of storage for stuff in the rear, weight behind the axles actually reduces hitch weight. You can manage hitch weight by how you load the trailer, but too light and you get sway. Toy haulers that have rear garages can have 2000+ hitch weights with no toys in the garage, they are designed to be balanced with a load in the rear.
Our previous trailer was a Sunnybrook that had 4 bunks in the rear. It was constructed with a huge basement under the bunk area that was the full width of the trailer and 8'long from the back bumper forward. I thought this was great and loaded it to the gills with toys, lawn furniture, BBQs, etc etc. The problem was it lightened the tongue so much on a 34' TT it would sway over 45 mph. Bought the Hensley and problem solved.
