Hi all, Just did a quick 'n dirty tongue weight test on my rig, bathroom scale method. Looks like about 230-240 lbs tongue weight. A bit over the alleged 200 lb max rating for my vehicle but with the overload rear springs probably not an issue (hitch itself is rated to 350 lbs.). I could stash more stuff towards the rear of the boat when towing is what I get from this. Weight of the rig as a whole will be a while, need to see where there's a scale I can put it on in the area. I expect it's close to the 2000 lb rating for my vehicle...we'll see. cheers, John S. -- John Schinnerer - M.A., Whole Systems Design -------------------------------------------- - Eco-Living - Whole Systems Design Services People - Place - Learning - Integration john@eco-living.net - 510.982.1334 http://eco-living.net http://sociocracyconsulting.com
My experience is a M17 loaded is over 2000# ... in the range of 2300 - 2500. 'overload' rear springs level a load but don't increase the towing/tongue weight capacity. the weight capacity is primarily driven by the axle and hubs. also tires, rims (more lug nuts in general means more weight capacity) and vehicle frame. most truck stops have scales. -- :: Dave Scobie :: former M15 owner - www.freewebs.com/m15-named-scred :: M17 #375 SWEET PEA - www.m17-375.webs.com On Fri, Sep 18, 2015 at 1:15 PM, John Schinnerer <john@eco-living.net> wrote:
Hi all,
Just did a quick 'n dirty tongue weight test on my rig, bathroom scale method.
Looks like about 230-240 lbs tongue weight. A bit over the alleged 200 lb max rating for my vehicle but with the overload rear springs probably not an issue (hitch itself is rated to 350 lbs.).
I could stash more stuff towards the rear of the boat when towing is what I get from this.
Weight of the rig as a whole will be a while, need to see where there's a scale I can put it on in the area. I expect it's close to the 2000 lb rating for my vehicle...we'll see.
cheers, John S.
That 2300 weight agrees with my experience. I have a scale ticket of 2380 IIRC. Motor was not on the boat. Boat was loaded for 2 weeks cruise. (So a fair number of cans of beer) Bill Wickett
On Sep 18, 2015, at 3:22 PM, Dave Scobie <scoobscobie@gmail.com> wrote:
My experience is a M17 loaded is over 2000# ... in the range of 2300 - 2500.
'overload' rear springs level a load but don't increase the towing/tongue weight capacity. the weight capacity is primarily driven by the axle and hubs. also tires, rims (more lug nuts in general means more weight capacity) and vehicle frame.
most truck stops have scales.
-- :: Dave Scobie :: former M15 owner - www.freewebs.com/m15-named-scred :: M17 #375 SWEET PEA - www.m17-375.webs.com
On Fri, Sep 18, 2015 at 1:15 PM, John Schinnerer <john@eco-living.net> wrote:
Hi all,
Just did a quick 'n dirty tongue weight test on my rig, bathroom scale method.
Looks like about 230-240 lbs tongue weight. A bit over the alleged 200 lb max rating for my vehicle but with the overload rear springs probably not an issue (hitch itself is rated to 350 lbs.).
I could stash more stuff towards the rear of the boat when towing is what I get from this.
Weight of the rig as a whole will be a while, need to see where there's a scale I can put it on in the area. I expect it's close to the 2000 lb rating for my vehicle...we'll see.
cheers, John S.
Rule of thumb for tongue weight is 10% of towed vehicle weight. ~~~_/)~~~ Gary Sent from my iPhone :-)
On Sep 18, 2015, at 12:22 PM, Dave Scobie <scoobscobie@gmail.com> wrote:
My experience is a M17 loaded is over 2000# ... in the range of 2300 - 2500.
'overload' rear springs level a load but don't increase the towing/tongue weight capacity. the weight capacity is primarily driven by the axle and hubs. also tires, rims (more lug nuts in general means more weight capacity) and vehicle frame.
most truck stops have scales.
-- :: Dave Scobie :: former M15 owner - www.freewebs.com/m15-named-scred :: M17 #375 SWEET PEA - www.m17-375.webs.com
On Fri, Sep 18, 2015 at 1:15 PM, John Schinnerer <john@eco-living.net> wrote:
Hi all,
Just did a quick 'n dirty tongue weight test on my rig, bathroom scale method.
Looks like about 230-240 lbs tongue weight. A bit over the alleged 200 lb max rating for my vehicle but with the overload rear springs probably not an issue (hitch itself is rated to 350 lbs.).
I could stash more stuff towards the rear of the boat when towing is what I get from this.
Weight of the rig as a whole will be a while, need to see where there's a scale I can put it on in the area. I expect it's close to the 2000 lb rating for my vehicle...we'll see.
cheers, John S.
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