How much tongue weight for my boat

madman2021

madman2021

Petty Officer 2nd Class
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I have a 1987 Boston whaler 20 outrage on a dual axle aluminum trailer. How much tongue weight am I sopposed to have? My dad is telling me 50-80 lbs but I think he's wrong. Ive had boats this size before And they had a few hundred lbs of tongue weight.
 
tomdinwv

tomdinwv

Senior Chief Petty Officer
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Re: How much tongue weight for my boat

10% of total weight of trailer needs to be on the tounge. If your tongue weight is light, you may encounter swaying issues.
 
saumon

saumon

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Re: How much tongue weight for my boat

Your rig being around 3500lbs, you should have close to 350lbs of tongue weight if well balanced but, having a dual axle trailer reduce it a bit so it should be more in the 250lbs range. As said, tongue weight is your friend for anti-sway and improved traction on slippery ramp...
 
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