I'm suggesting a wee bit of a chill.
Never said you didn't offroad, didn't say you don't have experience. But there are a lot of variables that are just being swept away here in an attempt to make this simply cut and dry and it's not.
I've been towing for 20 years and have yet to get a tongue weight. As I stated before in this thread, it's about proper balance and the 10-15% rule does not apply to all trailers. If you don't use common sense and simply use books, you'll make mistakes.
Prime example is many older U-haul trailers that had a single axle that was too far forward. It required more weight loaded forward of the axle (more tongue weight than 15%) to keep it from swaying and wrecking some of the vehicles they were sticking them behind.
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