I checked my tongue weight back when I first got my M17 and I think it was about 220 or 230 lbs. This is the trailer that came under the boat, a big old Atwood that is probably a fair bit heavier than necessary. At some point I am going to get a leaner meaner trailer with a sliding tongue extension built in. Rule of thumb for towing is, tongue weight about 10% of total trailer weight. I put mine on a truck scale back then and it came to 2120 lbs, so about the right matching tongue weight. Also rule of thumb, tongue weight not less than 10% of trailer weight. A slightly heavy tongue is better than a too-light tongue, if your tow vehicle is adequate. As someone already posted, tail heavy tows will start to sway at some point, and then you cannot go any faster. I once towed a 22 ft Airstream my brother owned, customized in various ways and too much weight in the rear. I was driving a big beefy full size Hertz rent-a-pickup, and I couldn't go over about 52 mph because it would begin to sway badly, yanking the rear of the big 'ol truck around. cheers, John On 1/14/20 6:31 AM, Edward Epifani wrote:
Thanks Alex, I’ll take some pictures as soon as it gets above freezing. Does anyone know the tongue weight on a loaded m17 trailer? It requires a stout jack. I replaced the hard wheel with two pneumatic ones. My loaded M15 trailer has 160 lbs of tongue weight, so I used two rated at 300lbs with a longer axle. Ed
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