Tongue weight
I want to pick up a piece of equipment about 150 miles from here and tow it home. I plan on towing it with my Super Duty. My guess is that I have exceeded this weight on my hitch in the past but I don...
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mkirsch wrote:
No doubt it towed just fine. It's an ideal trailer. Tongue weight is close to 20%. It is very long with the wheels set far back. There is very little frontal area, and it is aerodynamic to boot.
The tongue weight was within the payload capacity for your truck so no doubt the tires and suspension could hold it up. You had plenty of power for the weight, especially considering how little frontal area it had.
Really about your only concern was that receiver. Nobody here would know what the design limits of that receiver are, just the factory ratings. A few farmers threw caution to the wind and towed similar weights, and it worked out for them. At that point it's up to you. Glad it worked out.
You would actually be surprised at the frontal area of the thing. There is a lot of surface area to catch wind so it pulled heavier than a much heavier fifth wheel RV does. In fact going up some minor hills on the highway it would take everything my truck had to maintain 60 mph.
