Haha , speaking of off topic I was finally able to put to use the switches you turned me on to. I like em a lot hope they hold up



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check the capacity of hitch/vehicle.. too much will sway and too little could affect traction on launch and cause tongue to bounce on ball also...

I would say 600 - 1000lbs depending on hitch/truck.

Duallies can mask a lot of trailer not-set-up-right problems. Not arguing against a dually for a heavy 38' boat, it is the right truck, but your trailer is not set right whether you have a dually or not. So for your own sake, and those on the road with you, please keep dialing in your trailer.

Used to hear that boat trailers needed 5-10% tongue weight. Now you usually hear aim for 10%. I think somewhere between those is probably going to be fine.

Boat trailers are a little different from most other trailers, in that the axles are pretty far back, and the bulk of the weight is close to the axles. There is less tail-wagging-the-dog on a boat trailer than most other trailers because of that. Other trailers aren't going to endorse 5%, but that was followed by boat trailers for years without significant problems.

If you have a choice, try to get close to 10%.

Ok, this morning I called Manning and MyCo.

Manning said 5-10%
MyCo said 6-10%. He also said their sweet spot is 6-8 but never less than 6.

Hope this helps others like me that are trying to get set up properly.

Very nice! I like it :)

Thank you for posting this, good info.

I tow a 9,500 pound travel trailer with the burb and I am set up at 10% tongue. it tows fantastic, so well you have to remember it is back there. On travel trailers I was told 10%, maybe a bit more is the goal.

Boats I am new to but had heard the same thing, below 10% down to 5%. 6 to 8% sounds great. I am redoing my trailer right now and have a full scale at work, so weighing and calculating it out is nice and easy.

Can't recommend running it across the scales enough and getting all the axle weights.

Brian