[asphaltgambler]

Actual tongue weight should always be 10% of the actual trailor/load weight. Therefore if you wanted to tow a combined weight of 1500lbs the properly loaded tongue weight should be 150lbs.

So now there are two issues. Can the tow vehicle safely handle the tongue weight as described above on the hitch and can it handle the total tow weight in handling and braking situations?

I have seen Harley guys on a dresser (and yes they make a hitch that bolts on) tow a ski-doo /wave runner and trailor to the beach. I would bet that the trailored load way exceeded what I would consider safe.

I believe the safe rule is total towed weight should not exceed 1/2 of the total tow vehicles weight. Big-@ss pick up trucks are excluded in this example