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Old March 21st, 2018, 12:37 PM   #10
Triple Jim
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Originally Posted by Burphel View Post
You'd be surprised what you can tow on a Class 1 hitch. You just have to balance the load right.
I agree, I've towed a lot of things with a class 1 hitch.

For reference, there's a gross weight spec as well as a tongue weight spec:

maximum tongue weight: 200 lbs
maximum gross weight: 2,000 lbs

And the tongue weight needs to be about 10-15 percent of the gross trailer weight.
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