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Originally Posted by Chapter Four
This is just not true. You don't need 10-15% to be safe.
Why does the handbook in my car say 5-10% if it needs 10-15% to be safe.
Why does VW only require 5%.
Maybe if you want to tow at 130-160km/h you need to be at 10-15%. But seriously, you can't do that speed anywhere in Australia.
Thousand of people all over the world tow safely at 5%-10%.
I'm not agreeing with Fed on the negative ball weight and would never recommend that either. But this myth of 10-15% is just garbage.
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It's not garbage, far from it.
The MORE weight you can put on the car the better.
Have a look at a 5th-wheeler,
or better yet a conventional semi, half the weight is on the Prime Mover.
But your car's rear-end needs to be able to take the weight, and the hitch must be up for it, and most are not.