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Old 08-10-2010, 05:57 PM   #5
brulaz
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Yup, be cautious about Trailmanor's published weights. My tongue weight, loaded, is 620#. Some people here have reported other Trailmanor tongue weights closer to 720#

Trailmanor designs its trailers with the axle much further from the tongue than other manufacturers. This does improve the handling. Even with my Upright Elkmont, sway bars are not necessary with a properly adjusted WDH. But it also puts more weight on the tongue. You need a vehicle with a fairly high GVWR if you want to carry much else in the vehicle.

On our last trip I took our ELkmont+Tacoma to a weigh station and discovered that I exceeded the GVWR of the Tacoma by several hundred pounds. As a result, we're driving a lot more cautiously these days as I'm afraid the Tacoma's brakes are our weak link.
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