Re: O/T How long should a trailor tongue be??

Posted by T_Bone on September 06, 2006 at 15:37:37 from (4.240.42.173):

In Reply to: Re: O/T How long should a trailor tongue be?? posted by massey333 on September 06, 2006 at 05:09:45:

Hi Massey,

It appears were talking about one in the same but your just stating it different.

My 66% is a rule of thumb that works well for locating the axle(s) in relationship to over all trailer length instead of calculating CG as it should be done.

Both results should equal approx 12% tongue weight of the total trailer weight (GVW), the industry acceptable standard for tag trailers.

If you increase the pin to axle center line, (shoving the alxes futher back towards the end of the trailer), then you also increase the tongue weight and that could result is a pin weight of around 20% or way to much pin wieght for a 1/2ton/SUV type vehicle.

T_Bone

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