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Subject:Re: '88 Westy: Towing Capacity?
From:Kim Brennan
Date:Fri, 3 Jun 2005 08:22:47 -0400
The amount of weight that can be put on the ball (of your trailer
hitch) by the portion of the trailer that connects to it (called the
tongue).
Some big trailers can have several hundred pounds of "tongue" weight,
which could break your hitch, or lift the front of your Vanagon off the
ground.

On Jun 3, 2005, at 1:36 AM, Joy Hecht wrote:

> What does "tongue weight" refer to in these figures?