Dick J.,
My loaded trailer weighs 11,000 pounds so 500 obviously would not work for
me. I of course use a load leveling hitch and sway bar on this rig and try
to go at least 10% on the tongue. I like using a percentage rather than a
flat number since the trailer weights vary so much.
Whatever,
Howard
----- Original Message -----
From: "Dick J" <lsr_man@yahoo.com>
To: "Ken Bond" <kmb2@humboldt.edu>; <land-speed@autox.team.net>
Sent: Tuesday, July 10, 2001 9:50 AM
Subject: Re: Tow Trailer set-up comments
> Ken,
> I think that 20% tongue weight might be too high
> on some rigs, depending on what your gross
> trailer weight is. I have repeatedly been told
> that about 500 lbs tongue weight is ideal. In
> most of our cases 500 pounds is probably close to
> the 10% figure of the gross weight anyhow, so 10%
> seems to work. With my rig (16 foot tandem
> flatbed with car, tools, parts and equipment, I'm
> running around 6200 pounds gross weight. If I
> put 1240 pounds on my hitch, I think it would
> almost lift the front wheels of my truck off the
> ground, and it would be too much strain on the
> hitch. I probably run as high as 650 or 700
> sometimes (because I just can't shift the load
> where I want it) but I use load levelers to
> compensate. I also learned the hard way (many
> years ago) that with anything under 200 pounds on
> the hitch, the trailer will steer the truck -
> -sometimes not where you want it to go!
>
>
>
> Dick J
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