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Postby Big DE » Fri Sep 08, 2006 2:00 pm

I am curious as to what kind of tongue weight I should be working towards :thinking: 200lbs???????
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Postby Joseph » Fri Sep 08, 2006 2:10 pm

About 10% of your total trailer weight.

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Postby sdtripper2 » Fri Sep 08, 2006 4:53 pm

Big DE:

Here is Andrews info on Trailer Balance Spreadsheet.
http://tinyurl.com/nppep

Here is a thread on calculating the Tongue weight
http://tinyurl.com/le2g6

Here are many threads on the subject Big DE.
This subject has been talked about like stars
in the sky.
http://tinyurl.com/qaufa
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