[Wavery]

Originally Posted by brulaz

Well, here's my problem.

My Elkmont's dry weight is 3000#. Let's make that 4000# wet weight.

If the tongue weight ends up being 12% of trailer wet weight(or 480#), that would leave 3520# on the trailer axle, which supposedly has a max of 3500#.

If the tongue weight is 13%, there's 3480# on the axle.
If 15%, there's 3400#.

So there doesn't seem to be much wiggle room for throwing weight back onto the trailer axle under full load. And under a lighter load, it's less necessary.

Maybe I'm mistaken about the axle rating though. I'll try to get more info on that, or maybe there's an Elkmont owner here that could tell me?

And I would still like to know the top-of-ball height on a level Elkmont. (hint-hint)

You might want to check the rear axle rating on your Taco too......