Tongue weight
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Tongue weight
Hello,
Wondering what % of loaded trailer weight do you have for tongue weight.
I read you should have between 9-15% but wondering what some of you have. My trailer/boat is 12k, so that is around 1500 tongue weight....seems like a lot. Unsure what I have but only squats my dually 1 inch.
Edit, for a frame mounted bumper style hitch, not gooseneck or fifth wheel.
Thanks!
Wondering what % of loaded trailer weight do you have for tongue weight.
I read you should have between 9-15% but wondering what some of you have. My trailer/boat is 12k, so that is around 1500 tongue weight....seems like a lot. Unsure what I have but only squats my dually 1 inch.
Edit, for a frame mounted bumper style hitch, not gooseneck or fifth wheel.
Thanks!
Last edited by Pwraddr; 04-28-2013 at 12:26 PM.
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Hello,
Wondering what % of loaded trailer weight do you have for tongue weight.
I read you should have between 9-15% but wondering what some of you have. My trailer/boat is 12k, so that is around 1500 tongue weight....seems like a lot. Unsure what I have but only squats my dually 1 inch.
Edit, for a frame mounted bumper style hitch, not gooseneck or fifth wheel.
Thanks!
Wondering what % of loaded trailer weight do you have for tongue weight.
I read you should have between 9-15% but wondering what some of you have. My trailer/boat is 12k, so that is around 1500 tongue weight....seems like a lot. Unsure what I have but only squats my dually 1 inch.
Edit, for a frame mounted bumper style hitch, not gooseneck or fifth wheel.
Thanks!
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Trust me tongue weight is very important, I have very little and if I had a video from this weekend (trying out new WD hitch and moved boat forward and new tires for tow vehicle) you`d be wondering how my boat and truck are not rolled over in a ditch. Thank God traffic was light.
Currently my set up allows me to take side streets thou so I guess it`s not a total loss
Currently my set up allows me to take side streets thou so I guess it`s not a total loss
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Trust me tongue weight is very important, I have very little and if I had a video from this weekend (trying out new WD hitch and moved boat forward and new tires for tow vehicle) you`d be wondering how my boat and truck are not rolled over in a ditch. Thank God traffic was light.
Currently my set up allows me to take side streets thou so I guess it`s not a total loss
Currently my set up allows me to take side streets thou so I guess it`s not a total loss
Looking for people that know what they have.....
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I did it in my driveway using a bathroom scale, brick, 2x4 and it was only 4.75%. I am pretty close with this method.
It's not that I need to weigh, I want to know what the recommended is. I read 9-15 and also read on a boat trailer 5-7.
I'll call manning and myco tomorrow.
With the boat and trailer at 12,000 I would like at least 750-800 I think.