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The tongue load can be weighed with a bathroom scale as shown in the following illustration. When weighing the tongue load, be sure to position the towing coupler at the height at which it would be during actual towing, using a jack as shown.
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Front
The tongue load can be adjusted by proper distribution of the load in the trailer. Never load the trailer with more weight in the back than in the front; approximately 60 % of the trailer load should be in the front and approximately 40 % in the rear. Also, distribute the load as evenly as possible on both the left and right sides.
Be sure that all cargo is firmly secured to prevent a change in weight distribution while driving.
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& Connecting a Trailer
! Trailer brakes
WARNING
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Do not directly connect your trailer’ s hydraulic brake system to the hydraulic brake system in your vehicle. Direct connection would cause the vehicle’ s brake performance to deteriorate and could lead to an accident.
Check that your trailer’ s brakes conform with Federal, state / province and / or other applicable regulations. Your SUBARU’ s brake system is not designed to be tapped into the trailer’ s hydraulic brake system. Please ask your SUBARU dealer and professional trailer supplier for more information about the trailer’ s brake system.
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! Trailer safety chains
WARNING
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Always use safety chains between your vehicle and the trailer. Towing trailer without safety chains could create a traffic safety hazard if the trailer separates from the hitch due to coupling damage or hitch ball damage.
In case the trailer hitch connector or hitch ball should break or become disconnected, the trailer could get loose and create a traffic safety hazard.
For safety, always connect the towing vehicle and trailer with trailer safety chains. Two chains should be used in total, one to the right side and the other to the left side trailer tongue. Pass the chains crossing each other under the trailer tongue to prevent the trailer from dropping onto the ground in case the trailer tongue should disconnect from the hitch ball. Allow sufficient slack in the chains taking tight turn situations into account; however, be careful not to let them drag on the ground.
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Driving Tips
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