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freetheheal
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May 15, 2016

What Is My Tongue Weight Given These Weight Slips

I recently weighed my trailer and pickup before I moved for the summer and while the trailer was heavily loaded. I have 2 weight slips, one is just the pickup and the other is with the pickup hooked t...
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msgtord
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May 28, 2016
myredracer wrote:
Can you post the brand and model of TT? Doesn't seem right. Tongue weights are typically around 10 percent based on factory dry wt. numbers and usually go up when it's fully loaded to average 12-13 percent, and for us almost 15 percent. It's hard to believe it's only 8.3 after fully loaded up unless "heavily loaded" is an awful lot of heavy tools or something in the rear of the trailer.


It's a toy hauler with the garage fully loaded.

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