aywolf Posted October 18, 2017 Report Share Posted October 18, 2017 Anybody have any idea of the tongue weight on a 2300 HPS???? Thanks...Rob Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aywolf Posted October 18, 2017 Author Report Share Posted October 18, 2017 Ok...since nobody knew the answer, I took my boat down to the grain bins. The tongue weight of my boat was 700 lbs. My old F350 diesel weighs around 75-7600lbs and with the boat the total weight was around 11,300 lbs unoccupied. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NCTribute Posted October 18, 2017 Report Share Posted October 18, 2017 Tongue weight should be 9 - 15% of total trailer weight, 700 lbs is too high. If what you are indicating above is that the boat and trailer weigh 3,800 lbs, then you should be roughly 350 - 550 lbs tongue weight. With the two figures you provided, how did you come up with 700 lbs? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rckeat Posted October 19, 2017 Report Share Posted October 19, 2017 Can't tongue weight be very dependent to the proper fitting of boat to trailer? I suspect tongue weight increases significantly if the boat is positioned too far forward on the trailer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bamaskeet Posted October 19, 2017 Report Share Posted October 19, 2017 I'm a little surprised how light your rig is. A typical 2200V is going to weigh north of 4000 lbs. While you can make some tongue weight adjustments with a Ameratrail trailer, you are limited, and usually, they end up having significant tongue weight but they pull like a dream. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JEM Posted October 19, 2017 Report Share Posted October 19, 2017 No way a 23, with engine, fuel, gear, etc. sitting on an Ameratrail trailer can weigh 3800 lbs. Pathfinder's performance test with the 250 SHO weighed over 3800 lbs, and those tests are always as light as a boat will ever be. And that was without the trailer weight added in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aywolf Posted October 19, 2017 Author Report Share Posted October 19, 2017 I made a mistake on my truck weight. I weighed it at 8040 ( exit weight) with 2 guys ~ 450 lbs at the landfill. I forgot that I had my utility trailer that day so that was 800-1000 or so lbs. That makes my truck around 6500 or so which means boat and trailer should be around 4500-5000 lbs combined. To get the tongue weight, I pulled just far enough onto the scales to drop the jack stand. I unhooked and drove off scales.....700 lbs. it is an Ameratrail. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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