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What do boat trailer with too little tongue weight tend to do?
Too little tongue weight can lead to an out of control swaying condition causing the tow vehicle and trailer to fishtail, leave the road, overturn, or hit other vehicles on the road. The ideal tongue weight is 9 to 15 percent of the gross weight of the entire trailer.
When Boat trailers have too little tongue weight tend to do what?
Cause the trailer to fishtail
What do trailers with too little tongue weight tend to do?
Too little tongue weight can lead to an out of control swaying condition causing the tow vehicle and trailer to fishtail, leave the road, overturn, or hit other vehicles on the road. The ideal tongue weight is 9 to 15 percent of the gross weight of the entire trailer.
What boat trailers with too little tongue weight tend to do what?
Too little tongue weight can lead to an out of control swaying condition causing the tow vehicle and trailer to fishtail, leave the road, overturn, or hit other vehicles on the road. The ideal tongue weight is 9 to 15 percent of the gross weight of the entire trailer.
What do boat trailers with too little tongue weight tend to do?
Too little tongue weight can lead to an out of control swaying condition causing the tow vehicle and trailer to fishtail, leave the road, overturn, or hit other vehicles on the road. The ideal tongue weight is 9 to 15 percent of the gross weight of the entire trailer.
What is tongue weight while towing a boat?
The tongue of the trailer presses down on the trailer hitch, and that is tongue weight. How hard it presses down is a function of the weight in front of the trailer wheels, and how much of the weight is not offset by the weight behind the wheels. If the tongue weight is too great, the rear of the towing vehicle goes down. Too light, and the boat trailer will swing side to side.
Boat trailers with too much tongue weight tend to do what?
tend to fishtail
Why is tongue weight important while fueling your boat?
Fuel has weight. Depending on the location of the tanks, it can shift the balance of weight, increasing or decreasing how hard the tongue of the trailer presses on the hitch. Too far in either direction could make it unsafe to tow the boat/trailer.
What caused a 1998 Chevy Suburban to fish tail only high speed over 65 mile an hour is it because hulling heavy load on the hitch how do you fix the problem?
Try to balance the load on the trailer a little better so you don't have so much weight on the hitch. The above answer may be correct, it is likely that the problem is too little tongue weight. While too much tongue weight can push down on the rear of the vehicle, thereby lifting up on the front wheels can cause a light front end, and weaving when towing. It is unlikely this is causing your problem, as it would be obvious due to the rear of the vehicle sagging heavily. More likely, there is too little tongue weight. A trailer should be loaded at least 60 percent tongue heavy, otherwise, it lifts on the tongue, making the vehicles rear wheels light. If the trailer is tall, the light tongue effect will be increased at speed by the wind pressure on the top front of the trailer. The most common poorly loaded trailers are tongue light.
What percentage of the combined weight of the vessel and trailer should be used to calculate a trailer's tongue weight?
If the trailer is properly balanced, the tongue weight should be 10% of the combined total weight. Most boat trailers are not properly balanced. You have to check the balance. If you know the total weight, you can lay the trailer tongue onto a bathroom scale. You will likely find you need to shift the contents of the boat to get close to 10%. There are alternate techniques for boats too heavy for the bathroom scale (boats / trailers over 3,000 pounds).
What percentage of the combined weight of a vessel and trailer should be used to calculate a trailers tongue weight?
If the trailer is properly balanced, the tongue weight should be 10% of the combined total weight. Most boat trailers are not properly balanced. You have to check the balance. If you know the total weight, you can lay the trailer tongue onto a bathroom scale. You will likely find you need to shift the contents of the boat to get close to 10%. There are alternate techniques for boats too heavy for the bathroom scale (boats / trailers over 3,000 pounds).
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