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Originally Posted by Larry Nickell
With a gooseneck trailer, 15% of the weight is on the truck.
Say a trailer is rated at 15k.....
Assume said trailer is loaded to the max at 15K.
15% of 15k is 2,250 pounds
Theoretically, the trailer now has 12,750 pounds on it.
If this logic is flawed, please explain.
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You don't have to stress over this. Take a bathroom scale out to the garage and lay a longish chunk of square tubing across it with one end propped up on a block of wood. That end would be the back of your truck.
Get your proportions similar to what you see as to where the trailer tires are and watch what the scale does as you move weight around.
You'll find that the pin weight and tire weight added together always equal the total weight.
The more you put on the pin, the less the tires see. The more you put on the tires, the less the pin will see.