Towing may look easy, but doing it safely is all about the right setup and good technique. In this walkthrough, Formul ...

With a 10,000 pound GTWR rating and 1,000 pound tongue weight rating (it's also available in 600-, 800- and 1,200-pound ratings), this budget-friendly weight distributing hitch should prove to be ...

The tongue jack must be rated to handle the tongue weight of your trailer. This is typically somewhere between 10 and 15 percent of the weight of the boat and trailer. ­Except for very light, little ...

So if you are towing a loaded trailer that tips the scales at 9,700 pounds, you should have between 970 and 1,115 pounds on the tongue (hitch ball), with 12- percent being ideal as that gives you ...