How To Set Up Your Trailer Brakes
Sometimes, people forget how important it is to properly set up your trailer brakes. Trailer brakes should be part of your pre-tow checklist as one of the most critical components to achieving safety on the road. In our previous blog post, we discussed how, if applicable (some trailers do not have trailer brakes and therefore […]Continue Reading
How To Properly Connect Your Trailer Lights
We briefly went over hooking up your trailer lights and testing them in our “How To Properly Connect Your Trailer To Your Truck” blog in the past, but we are going to go more in-depth on what that actually entails. We’ll explore here how to properly connect your trailer lights for safe towing. Whether it’s […]Continue Reading
How to Find a Weigh Safe Product Near You – Dealer Locator
Many of you are just now learning about Weigh-Safe and the great products that we offer to towing enthusiasts around the world. As you have learned from our earlier blog posts we are 100% focused on helping people tow safely and more efficiently. This will help them have a more enjoyable towing experience and have […]Continue Reading
Choosing The Right Tires For Towing A Trailer
Next on the pre-tow checklist is to make sure that the tires on your tow vehicle and trailer meet manufacturer recommendations and match the appropriate application. Choosing the right tires for towing a trailer is critical in proper towing performance and in keeping you and your cargo safe. Here are some things to consider when […]Continue Reading
Pre-Tow Checklist – Balancing Your Trailer Load
The most important thing you can do on your next trip is to get there safely, that’s why we’ve created resources that can act as your pre-tow checklist. The video below shows us out having fun on snowmobiles, but none of us would have had any fun if we had let our trailer load get […]Continue Reading
How To Properly Connect Your Trailer To Your Truck
Making sure that your tow vehicle and trailer is connected properly is one of the handful of important towing checklist tasks that you must do prior to hitting the road. We’re going to help you learn how to properly connect your trailer to your truck: Trailer Connection Steps Step 1 – Proper Hitch First and […]Continue Reading
Proper Tongue Weight: Why It’s So Important To Get It Right
I read an article on GMC’s website about tongue weight and they compared towing a trailer with improper tongue weight to driving a car with egg-shaped tires. Just imagine, all of us driving around on egg shaped tires..what a mess that would be (and how hilarious would that look!) It would be an incredibly wobbly […]Continue Reading
What Is Gross Combined Weight Rating And Why Is It Important?
When I was 10 years old my dad started a cement curbing business that required all of his boys to involuntarily join the family business. The creation of this business required the purchase of an old truck to pull the trailer that my dad had personally built and retrofit to haul one ton of sand, […]Continue Reading
Gross Trailer Weight (GTW)
Gross Trailer Weight (GTW) is easy to calculate and critical to know when towing a trailer. Gross trailer weight is the actual weight of your fully loaded trailer, which includes the weight of the trailer itself along with everything loaded onto it or into it. Any cargo, passengers, animals, equipment, fluids and everything in between […]Continue Reading
What Is Your Gross Vehicle Weight Rating Or GVWR?
According to Ford and GM, gross vehicle weight rating (GVWR) is the maximum allowable weight of your fully loaded vehicle. This includes all options, equipment, passengers, cargo, and tongue weight. Did you know that tongue weight should be measured to find true GVWR? Tongue weight is the static force the trailer tongue exerts on the […]Continue Reading