tounge weight

[dick elliott]

10% of the real weight, not just the rateing. Weigh the trailer and car together.

[Greg Amy]

BTW, if anybody is looking, I've got for sale some 750# round bars for the Draw-Tite and a Draw-Tite friction sway control unit (no plates or balls), cheap (like, maybe a case of my favorite brew, kinda cheap, especuially if I don't have to ship). I bought 1000-pounder bars and Reese dual-cam anti-sway when I went to the new trailer... - GA

[arpenn]

So what are you guy's using to weigh the tongue to get the 10-15%? We have a new trailer and need to position the car on the trailer to get the tongue weight correct but I am not sure how to weigh it?

[Sandro]

I loaded the car on the trailer and then put a jack stand on top of a scale(I have a 2000lb car and an open trailer) and lowered the trailer coupler onto the jack stand. Boom ! thats your tongue weight. Since yours is a lot more weight than mine you might have to make friends with your local city dump or somewhere that has a bigger scale (maybe your local Jenny Craig??)

[arpenn]

I was searching the internet and found an answer to my earier question of how to measure the tongue weight. Here is the link, I though someone else might find this useful.

http://www.rverscorner.com/articles/tongueweight.html

[jrvisual]

If you want to know the tongue weight every time you load your trailer get one of these.

http://www.senzbar.com/


Tell them I sent you if you buy one. I am in discussions with them to become a distributor. Thanks

[dazzlesa]

thanks great info

[keycom]

. . .somewhere that has a bigger scale (maybe your local Jenny Craig??)

Wish I'd have thought of that one.