Re: [omc-boats] 1967 Johnson 19ft Surfer Buick V8 is back again in Nebraska

I guessing here, but back in the sixities your typical full-size car or station wagon was body on frame construction. Most of the trailer hitches sold back then bolted into the frame and the bumper. Most of those typical hitches had a 200 lb tongue weight rating. Also even though that's the trailer's (3150 lb) capacity, the 19-ft hulls weighed in around 2100-2200 lbs, so they aon't be far off the 10% mark.

But you are right, way to many rigs are swaying down the road because the tongue weight is too light.

Lee Shuster
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  What I find most interesting about this is the trailer tag which states 3150 lb capacity and 200 lb tongue load -- normal rule of thumb is tongue weight = 10% of loaded trailer weight. Even old trailering literature I've read uses the 10% rule, but obviusly Johnson never did....I wonder why? Do any of you who have the Johnson trailers have troubles with fishtailing?
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