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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