WNYBob wrote:
Check the Center of Gravity, mud be in front of the axle!
Many of us connect trailers with 1500+ pound tongue weights to balls 4' behind the rear axles on 3/4 and 1 ton pickup trucks for work and play on a daily basis. That takes much more weight off the front axle than having a 5000lb camper a few inches behind the axle.
The truth is that there is a RANGE in which the COG must sit, which starts some distance ahead of the axle, and ends some distance behind the axle. It will be depicted on the sticker in the glove box, or in the manual. On GM trucks, the range is the entire length of the box at least for the 1999-2006 model years.