This will be a hard question to answer, but what would the tongue weight be with a bulldog 18' trailer with a trail rig EB on it? Would it be over 1K lbs?

I've got a tork lift superhitch with the 3' extension on my '02 F350 dually and am in need of a trailer for towing my EB.

Ryan.

With a short rig and long trailer, you can get any tongue weight you want. It all depends on where you put your rig. JC

You've got some good and bad things to look at here. You can move the rig towards the rear of the trailer for less tongue weight, but it will bang around a lot more and the banging could still cause damage to the hitch. If you move towards the front of the trailer it will increase your tongue weight, but to much could damage the hitch. So, what to do?

If it was me, I would probably load with the rig a little forward. The steady pressure will do less damage then the banging pressure to the hitch. Just like driving a nail into a board. Push on it with a big heavy hammer, but it won't go in. But if you bang on it with a lighter hammer, it will. Same thing applies here. I caution you though, there is a fine line between enough weight and too much. I would say somewhere at about 500 lbs. tongue weight should work. With the extension, that'll increase to probably about 750 to 800 lbs. That's just what I would shoot for.

You've got some good and bad things to look at here. You can move the rig towards the rear of the trailer for less tongue weight, but it will bang around a lot more and the banging could still cause damage to the hitch. If you move towards the front of the trailer it will increase your tongue weight, but to much could damage the hitch. So, what to do?

If it was me, I would probably load with the rig a little forward. The steady pressure will do less damage then the banging pressure to the hitch. Just like driving a nail into a board. Push on it with a big heavy hammer, but it won't go in. But if you bang on it with a lighter hammer, it will. Same thing applies here. I caution you though, there is a fine line between enough weight and too much. I would say somewhere at about 500 lbs. tongue weight should work. With the extension, that'll increase to probably about 750 to 800 lbs. That's just what I would shoot for.

Will the weight distributing hitch help this out more?

10% of the overall weight should be tongue weight. 1000lb trailer and load 100lb tongue weight, 10,000lb 1,000 tongue

10% of the overall weight should be tongue weight. 1000lb trailer and load 100lb tongue weight, 10,000lb 1,000 tongue

10% weight is a MINIMUM.

Personally I prefer a trailer to be running 15-20% tounge weight. In some ways, you can't have too much tongue weight. (assuming your not overloading the hitch and truck suspension.)

What Trailer Guy didn't touch on... too little tongue weight your trailer is going to tow like crap... or worse be dangerous.

In this guys case, I would try for the 15-20%, and use a WD setup. ONLY if he's not exceeding the rating of the hitch after adding that extension to it. I would rather run at the outer edge of what my hitch can handle than run tongue light and risk an accident from an uncontrollable trailer.

More tongue weight is better as long as your not over loading the hitch but, most tag trailers are designed for 10% tongue weight. The axle center line is usually set at 60% back from the front of the trailer (10% from center) giving it 10% tongue weight if loaded properly

What all they sed.

I personally aim for 15%.

I like 16.569% personally.:flipoff2: Yes, on the WD hitch!!

I like 16.569% personally.:flipoff2: Yes, on the WD hitch!!

Bummer, I guess you weren't able to obtain the 16.5692% huh. :(

Load that thing all the way to the front if you want. It won't be too much tongue weight and you don't need a WD hitch. You can throw those percentage numbers out the window because of your 3' extension. You will need more toungue weight the longer extension you use.
I'm running around 3k lbs of tongue weight with no WD hitch, but I have big balls (2 5/16)!

no way to ditch the extension? I would buy a new hitch that did not need an extension before I would get a WD hitch. With a dually you wont be overloading the truck and an EB cant be all that heavy.

Charlo

Load that thing all the way to the front if you want. It won't be too much tongue weight and you don't need a WD hitch. You can throw those percentage numbers out the window because of your 3' extension. You will need more toungue weight the longer extension you use.
I'm running around 3k lbs of tongue weight with no WD hitch, but I have big balls (2 5/16)!


Your a puss...

I am up to 3,500. I think it is 18%, been awhile since I calced that though...

I use a WD but only so I can read the pb while cruising...:flipoff2: