Tongue weight is the amount of weight a trailer puts on the towing vehicle’s trailer ball. The tongue is the part of the trailer that sticks out ahead of the cargo area; it’s typically two rails that ...

Many drivers simply check their trailer weight against the vehicle's maximum towing capacity, but deciding whether your rig is overweight is much more complex.

If you're safely towing a trailer, one of the most important numbers you need to know is the tongue weight -- also called hitch weight or trailer nose weight. It is the weight that your trailer's ...

Towing is serious business. It doesn’t matter whether you’re pulling a small, single-axle 5x10-foot open utility trailer with a couple of new axles strapped to the floor, a 30-foot dual-axle travel ...

This story appears in the March 9 print edition of Transport Topics. Trailer manufacturers have been pursuing weight reduction for years, trimming pounds from body materials and suspension components ...