Was towing this weekend and was awfully windy

[MC1]

Originally Posted by Brian B-P

I believe these are the same towing professionals who disregard every rating and recommendation of the vehicle manufacturer, a factor which should be taken into account when considering their practices as an example.

I believe it is obvious the towing professional takes the whole combination (as set up by him) very seriously. That explains his highly respectable safety record (successfully setting up 1,000's of tow vehicles and trailers over more than forty years. That tells the real story.
Many folks I have talk to including myself go to him because of their attention to detail and the safety priority.

[Thomas G.]

Originally Posted by Brian B-P

Really? When you load a pickup box or van interior, you put all the load in the front quarter of the area, leaving the rest empty so the front axle can get almost as much of the extra load as the rear? To place half a ton of load behind the driver in my van equally on the axles it would need to be a line of lead bricks immediately behind the front seats. In fact, just about any vehicle with significant carrying capacity (such as minivans, SUVs, and pickup trucks) has substantially higher available capacity in the rear axle than the front, and is intended to take most of its payload on the rear axle.

A typical tug starts substantially front-heavy but with equal tires all around and equal (or higher) rear axle rating; properly loaded, the front to rear distribution will be more equal, and possibly rear-heavy (especially in a truck or larger SUV).

Brian, we are talking about about several hundred pounds of tongue weight, are we not?

[Brian B-P]

Originally Posted by Thomas G.

Brian, we are talking about about several hundred pounds of tongue weight, are we not?

If the tongue weight is sufficiently high, WD use may be required. I'm just saying that the target of the adjustment of the WD, or any other aspect of the loading plan, should not be (for most tugs) addition of equal load to front and rear axles... the rear usually has more available capacity and should bear the majority of the added load.