Changing Out a Trailer Tongue Jack Tim Barker. I go through a heavy-duty trailer tongue jack every three to four years. Corrosion, frequent use, and a hefty boat and trailer take a toll on these jacks ...

How to load a trailer makes is crucial to towing safety. Keep 10-15% of the total weight on the tongue and arrange cargo with ...

Checking the tongue weight of your trailer is important for trailer stability. It's easy to do with a bathroom scale and a ...

Choosing the Right Trailer Hitch. The ABCs of hitches, drawbars and tow balls. By Jim Hendricks Updated: September 2, 2014 Class I. Class II. Class III. ... Spring bars are available in different ...

If you've got a lot of stuff that needs to be hauled, you may wind up needing a weight distribution hitch, but what does it ...

Many trucks are equipped, or can be equipped, with tow ball hitches, which trailer sockets can attach to and move safely around as one drives. While it's entirely possible to put one on a truck, ...

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 ...

Tongue weight is a key consideration when towing, but you can’t always shift the weight on your trailer. Heavy campers or other tow-behind equipment might make it impossible to adjust, for example.

But on a more mainstream rear-drive Lariat SuperCab with the 6.5-foot-bed, adding the Onboard Scale w/Smart Hitch merely requires adding the Max Trailer Tow package ($1,995) and a $470 locking 3. ...