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Originally Posted by Che70velle
Kevin I agree with you on double the rubber to buy, but with a dually, the tongue weight is distributed across four tires vs. two tires, so actually you'd be buying rubber far less.
The load in a gooseneck is somewhat adjustable depending on how you load the trailer. Move the car further back in the trailer to reduce tongue weight, and forward in the trailer to increase tongue weight. You don't have to move the car very far, to make a big difference in weighing the tongue.
How much does the trailer weigh, loaded? This is important.
How are your trailer tires wearing?
As said above, tire pressure is very important.
Rule of thumb is you want 10% to 15% tongue weight, of the load your pulling, for a gooseneck trailer. So if your trailer is, say, 10,000 lbs, you'd want the hitch weight to be 1000 to 1500 lbs.
Buy a tire designed to handle the load your pulling. Don't go cheap here. You DO NOT want a tire failure, while pulling that car in a trailer. Could get ugly quickly.
Stay safe!
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Thanks Scott for the info.the trailer weighs 5960 empty and the tires are wearing well. I try to keep the cars weight centered over the trailer tires as much as the holddowns will let me.Duallys are great for hauling but a pain in the ass to drive anywhere. I guess I just never had one or want one.