Towing a Trailer - Loading Your Trailer

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Loading Your Trailer

To help minimize how trailer movement affects your vehicle when driving:

Load the heaviest items closest to the trailer floor.
Load the heaviest items centered between the left and right side trailer tires.
Load the heaviest items above the trailer axles or just slightly forward toward the trailer tongue. Do not allow the final trailer tongue weight to go above or below 10-15% of the loaded trailer weight. The trailer tongue weight should never exceed 10% of the maximum towing capacity.
Select a ball mount with the correct rise or drop. When both the loaded vehicle and trailer are connected, the trailer frame should be level, or slightly angled down toward your vehicle, when viewed from the side.

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