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Old 04-01-2009, 05:28 PM
Larry Nickell Larry Nickell is offline
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Trailer Tech....sorta

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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