Hi Geo -- and all,
I had mine weighed about a year ago--loaded for the long trip. Weighed at a truck scales near Asheville, NC; $9.00, fee. It weighed 1700-plus. (I'd have to look for the receipt.) It would weigh less now because I've "downsized."
Lorraine
On Mon, May 23, 2011 at 5:41 PM, Geo 100 <yinyumyang@yahoo.com> wrote:
Jerry,
agreed, just trying to state the maximums allowable . . .
it would be interesting to take a poll of how many have actually had their trailer weighed ? ? ?
Geo
100
--- In tabtrailers@yahoogroups.com, "Jerry Jones" <jjerryj@...> wrote:
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> George, another factor in choosing the tongue weight is the size of the tow vehicle. I would suggest that a tongue weight of 300 lbs is way too much for most lighter tow vehicles, and it would be based on a loaded trailer weight of 2000 lbs at 15%. 2000 lbs is the maximum loaded trailer weight, which I would advise staying away from.
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> Another factor many newbies need to be reminded of is that a sway bar is not advisable for the T@B because it would disable the surge brake mechanism.
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> Jerry J
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>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Geo 100
> To: tabtrailers@yahoogroups.com
> Sent: Monday, May 23, 2011 1:10 PM
> Subject: [tabtrailers] Re: Tongue Weight
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> Sharon, All,
> how you load your trailer is the biggest factor in the tongue weight.
> 10% to 15% is safe - 2,000 lbs x .10 = 200. 200 to 300 lbs is what is recomended.
> chose a level place, measure the distance from the coupler to the top of a bath room scale, cut a 2x4 to that length, raise the trailer a little to insert the 2x4 and lower the trailer off the jockey wheel.
> takeing a reading just on the jockey wheel is a little off, as it is mounted further rearward of the coupler. . .
> a simple example of overloading the front of your trailer is if you take cast iron cooking items along with a lot of canned goods, the porta potty, 5gal of water, lots of heavy things in the propane cover (you get the idea) and really load down the front cabinets and maybe nothing in the rear under the sofa back.
> how many of us have actually weighed our trailers, it is easy to do at a truck stop and usually cost less than $10.
> I weighed mine empty after this winters remodeling was done - 1,360lbs.
>
> Geo
> 100
>
> --- In tabtrailers@yahoogroups.com, "Sharon Sigmon" <wsbswsbs@> wrote:
> >
> > Mornin' Everyone...
> >
> > This past week one of our Sisters (Sisters on the Fly) posted some pictures and told the story of completely losing her vintage trailer. It began to sway and in the blink of an eye, it lay destroyed, all over the road! The pictures were frightening to say the least.
> >
> > This morning, another Sister posted an excellent article about sway...
> >
> > http://www.title-3.com/Sway.htm
> >
> > One of the points in the article was about tongue weight contributing to sway. What determines tongue weight? I know that it should be within a certain range of your T@B's weight, but I don't have a clue as to what and how that weight can go up or down!
> >
> > I believe we are blessed with very stable towing T@Bs, but the pictures and story of that vintage Shasta strewn all over the road made an impact!
> >
> > Sharon in NC
> > SplashT@B #2487
> >
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