Tow Ball Weight

Submitted: Tuesday, May 24, 2011 at 00:41
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I have a question that hope u guys can settle. On avaerage most vehicles are allowed to have a certain amount of weight on their tow ball. Now I know some vehicles have very low amounts of towball weight compared to their towing capacity, but on average most I have seen are approx 10%, such as older Mitsi Challenegers, can tow 2500kg and towball weight 250kg.

I have been getting 2 different opinions from quite a few people I know.

Opinion 1/ That a towed Van/Trailer/Boat should not have a towball weight over 10% of the Tow Vehicle, plus of course must not go past the manufacturers maximum towball weight. eg: if you have 1500kg in 8X5 Trailer, behind a 2005 Pajero the towball weight can not exceed 150kg (10%) of maximum tow rate of vehicle?


Opinion 2/ That a towed Van/Trailer/Boat should not have a towball weight over 10% of the item being towed. eg: if you have 300kg in 6X4 Trailer, behind a 2005 Pajero the towball weight can not exceed 30kg (10%) of the weight of the item being towed ?

Hope everyone understand the question :-)

Cheers
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