Towing a Caravan - Mechanical strain etc

[Chapter Four]

Originally Posted by chevypower

10-15% of your total gross trailer weight should be on the ball with a regular hitch.

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.