Driving your vehicle
Trailer weight
Tongue load
WARNING
Take the following precautions:
•
Never load a trailer with more
weight in the rear than in the
front. The front should be
loaded with approximately
60%
of the total trailer load;
the rear should be loaded with
approximately 40% of the total
trailer load.
Tongue Load
Total Trailer Weight
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Gross Axle Weight
Gross Vehicle Weight
OLMB053048
•
Never exceed the maximum
weight limits of the trailer or
equipment.
Improper loading can result in
damage to your vehicle and/or
personal injury. Check weights
and loading at a commercial
scale or highway patrol office
equipped with scales.
What is the maximum safe weight of The tongue load is an important
a trailer? It should never weigh more weight to measure because it affects
than the maximum trailer weight with the total Gross Vehicle Weight
trailer brakes. But even that can be (GVW) of your vehicle. The trailer
too heavy. It depends on how you tongue should weigh a maximum of
plan to use your trailer. For example, 10% of the total loaded trailer weight,
speed, altitude, road grades, outside within the limits of the maximum trail-
temperature and how often your er tongue load permissible.
trailer
towing
vehicle is used to pull a trailer are all
important.The ideal trailer weight can
also depend on any special equip-
ment that you have on your vehicle.
After you've loaded your trailer,
weigh the trailer and then the tongue,
separately, to see if the weights are
proper. If they aren’t, you may be
able to correct them simply by mov-
ing some items around in the trailer.
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