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Old 08-09-2020, 02:00 AM   #16
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Originally Posted by DarkPira7e View Post
Have you towed before? You want the majority of the weight closer to the truck, not farther away from it. I didn't say to leave the rear unloaded, you still need some weight over the axles to keep it steady..
i have actually. 2 different campers, the first was pre load leveling kits, so tongue weight and overall weight distribution was even more critical. more than once, we would need to stop about 2 miles in on the highway and adjust some of the suitcases/firewood to get the proper distribution. as the other posts said, best setup was somewhere near 60/40. 40/60 would get it to sway at about 40mph, 80/20 would make the rear of the suburban drag, and the camper would start threatening to lead the convoy on braking.
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