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Pontiac Customer Services
Department
One Pontiac Plaza
Pontiac,
MI
48340-2952
In Canada, write t o :
General Motors of Canada Limited
Customer Assistance Center
1908 Colonel
Sam
Drive
Oshawa, Ontario, L1H 8W
Weight of the Trailer Tongue
The tongue load
(A)
of any trailer is
an important weight to measure
because it affects the total, gross
weight of your vehicle. The gross
vehicle weight (GVW) includes the
curb weight of the vehicle, any cargo
you may carry in it, and the people
who will be riding in the vehicle. And
if you will tow a trailer, you must add
the tongue load to the
Gvw
because
your vehicle will be carrying that
weight, too. See the I d a under
Loding Your 'vehicle for more
information about your vehicle's
maximum load capacity.
If your vehicle is not equipped to tow
a trailer weighing more than 2,000
pounds (900 kg) with the 3.1L V6 or
3800 V6 engine, the trailer tongue (A)
should weigh 10% of the t o t a l loaded
trailer weight
(B).
If your vehicle is equipped to tow up
to 3,000 pounds (1
360 kg)
with the
3800 V6 engine towing package, and
if you're using a "dead-weight" hitch,
the trailer tongue
(A)
should weigh
10% of the total loaded trailer weight
(B).
Or, if you have a "weight-
distributing" hitch, the trailer tongue
(A) should weigh
1 2 %
of the total
loaded trailer weight
(B).
After you've loaded your
t r a i l e r ,
weigh
the trailer
and
then the tongue, separately,
to see if the weights are proper. If they
aren't,
you
may be able to get them right
simply
by
moving some items around in
the trailer.
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