On Fri, May 21, 2021, 5:18 PM Rick Lange <sloopblueheron at gmail.com> wrote:
> The prongs depend on your car, not the trailer.
>> Rick Lange
>> On Fri, May 21, 2021, 4:44 PM Lee <lvjkuhn at gmail.com> wrote:
>> > I've never trailered anything before so I checked with the archives, the
> > Internet, and Stan.
> >
> > Looks like:
> >
> > 17-inch coupling height
> >
> > 2-inch ball
> >
> > 4-prong electrical connection
> >
> > safety chains (do those come with the trailer?)
> >
> > 10 to 15% tongue weight which would be 50 to 75 pounds with a 5,000 pound
> > boat/trailer. Stan feels more comfortable with 100 pound tongue
> weight. I
> > don't believe everything I read on the Internet so I'll go with Stan's
> > recommendation. Apparently too little tongue weight and your trailer
> will
> > fishtail and too much tongue weight will overload your rear tires and
> could
> > create a variety of handling and braking issues.
> >
> > Lee
> > Soon to have a 1999 Rhodes22
> > Claytor Lake, VA
> >
> >
> >
> > --
> > Sent from: http://rhodes-22.1065344.n5.nabble.com/> >
>
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