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 ...

Different trailer tongues are made from ­different-size channels. Some are 3-by-3 inches, some are ­3-by-4 inches, and some big ­trailers are 3-by-5 inches. In most ­cases, choosing an appropriate ...

Tongue weight, a key number, is the weight in front the of trailer’s axles that rests on the hitch ball of your tow vehicle. It should ideally be 10-15% of the total weight of your loaded trailer.

Construction. We used 2x2x0.120-inch steel square tube for the basic frame, with a 7-foot length of 2.25x2.25x0.250-inch steel square tube for the tongue.

GM has filed a patent for a new system capable of determining vehicle payload, trailer tongue weight, and ride height using underbody cameras. The patent application was assigned patent number US ...