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Originally Posted by Crazy Dazz
Nope, he was right.
When you're towing near the limit, you want to err on the side of weight forward, and keeping plenty of load on your rear axle. Two much weight behind centre on the trailer will create a pendulum effect.
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Nope, he was not right.
His words were -
Winch the towed vehicle as far forward as possible (load up the tow ball), helps prevent jack knifing at the speed limit :/
This is absolutely
not correct.
Doing this will in many cases go over the legal ballweight of many cars.
Yes, you want more weight on the front of the trailer than the rear. That's a given.
A good guide is somewhere between 5%-10%, and tests have shown that 6%-8% are the ideal numbers to aim for, as already shown.
It's equally unsafe to have too much ballweight as it is to have not enough.
You shouldn't post if you don't know what you're talking about, you'll encourage dangerous and illegal tow rigs.