On Aug 24, 7:59 am, Dan G wrote:
On Aug 24, 1:15 am, Eric Greenwell wrote:

A caravan is quite different creature than a glider trailer, so I'd
hesitate to accept their values without knowing more.

Did the 7% figure
apply to single axle trailers towed with standard hitches, meaning no
dampeners or load distributing hitches?

Yes - single axle, no dampers. You really shouldn't need one.



Can you give me a link to the document you are quoting from?

The original work from Bath University was published in the Caravan
Club's magazine "En Route" in 1994. They still publish the resulting
guidelines though - there's a limited amount he

http://preview.tinyurl.com/y8uqrk

The full details are in the member's handbook.

Dan

I have seen some information published (US) stating that the hitch
tongue weight should be in the 10-15% range for a conventional (not
5th wheel hitch).

I found an excellent guide from Sherline, a scale manufacturer:

http://www.sherline.com/lmbook.htm

and from CA DMV:

http://www.dmv.ca.gov/pubs/dl648/dl648pt12.htm

Both use the 10-15% hitch weight.

eTrailer.com sells hitches and uses the same hitch load factor.

Also important is the vehicle loading. The weight on the hitch does
impact vehicle load and it is important to have the entire rig as
level as possible.

Chip F.