Whats your tongue weight?

[JohnMickish]

I feel my boat and trailer don't have enough weight on the front. I haven't weighed it but I'd guess it's around 75lbs. Should it be a percentage of the total weight or is there a "magic" number I should search for? I can't move any more weight to the front.

[fish2live]

usually you can move the axle back to get more tongue weight. i had to do this with my boat because of the 4-stroke on the back it was pulling to much on the hitch i think when i weighed mine it was 275# i know it's alot but that was the only way i could get it to tow halfway decent. i think next year i will get a bigger trailer.

[JohnMickish]

Thats how I was going to do it, I was just wondering what I should target for a weight. (I hope the wife dosen't see me out there with her bathroom scale!)

[18 inch Crappie]

100lbs is safe..

[Valv]

At least 100lbs or more, if I recall you have a Dodge Diesel (very good) so you can put as much weight on tongue as you want. Check your axles, many are just strapped to frame with U bolts, try to leave boat off trailer then loosen U bolts and move axle back few inches, sometime just a couple it's plenty enough. Measure from each hub to hitch to set them at same distance or it will travel sideways and you will wear all the tires in a trip.

[upnorth]

If I rememeber correctly there is a percentage of overall trailer weight that makes it work right. I'll google it and see if I can find something.

Trailer Loading

One of the main causes of trailer sway is not having a large enough percentage of trailer tongue weight compared to gross trailer weight. Usually tongue weight is 10 to 15 percent of the trailer's gross weight. To help prevent the trailer from swaying back and forth, a few things can be done. Try placing heavier cargo in the front of the trailer, ahead of the trailer's axle. Also center the cargo left-to-right and use tie-downs to keep the load from sliding.