Tongue weight of toy haulers
I'm always a stickler for being within tongue weight limits of my TV, a Silverado half ton with max towing package (11,700# with shortbed/crewcab). Max tongue weight for my TV is 1,250 # and I tow a Jayco Octane T26Y Toy Hauler. When I'm loaded up (1/2 to 2/3 tank water and either dirt bikes or son's racing karts and tools in the back) it comes out to around 1,100 #, well within the limits. I checked what happens when my tools and toys are unloaded and the tongue weight is 1,350 #, over my TV rating for the tongue weight. I"m already planning to get a new 2020 F250 this winter to replace it for this reason alone (besides the towing capability of the Powerstroke Diesel), but my question is...is this typical? And does this mean I have to do some interesting loading if I ever want to use my TT strictly as a TT without any toys in it because of the tongue weight (at least until I get the F250 which will have probably 1,800 # tongue weight capacity.
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