Weight Distribution vs Sway Bars

Larryzv7 wrote:
Question: How do you increase your tongue weight?

You don't, at least not until you weigh your trailer loaded and ready to camp so you know what's it's average gross weight is. Once you know that and knowing you want an average 13% to 14% of gross tongue weight you can then determine what that gross tongue weight should average. Only then would you then decide if you need to come up with a method of increasing or decreasing gross tongue weight, or leave it as it is. Don't do this and you'll only be guessing. Weighing the trailer to determine it's average GVW is easy - just take it to a scale. To determine gross tongue weight some of us use a Sherline tongue weight scale but you can also use a bathroom scale and tongue weight beam. If your calculations do indicate you need more tongue weight it's time to move more cargo from behind the axles to in front, perhaps add more weight to the trailer tongue - another battery for example, or if the tanks are located on the aft portion of the tongue move them closer to the coupler. If your spare tire is hanging off the bumper perhaps move it to the front pass through cargo compartment, as I have. FWIW, with a properly balanced trailer I tow with weight distribution but no sway control as I find it's not needed. Every towing combination is different though so you really need to find out what you're dealing with before making any adjstments.