The "brochure weights" are specific to an empty trailer with NO battery and NO propane in the tanks (per Keystone comfirmation email). What that means to you is that the "shipping weight of the trailer" and the "tongue weight in the brochure" are NEVER going to be realized when you tow your trailer.
When you add a couple of GP27 batteries (100 pounds) and fill the two 20 pound propane tanks (40 pounds) all of which "sits on the tongue A-frame", that 715 pound tongue weight suddenly becomes much closer to 855 pounds, and that is WITHOUT ANY CAMPING GEAR OR CARGO OR FOOD in the trailer.
So, buying an 800 pound rated hitch may well leave you "over the hitch rating" for weight distribution. You actual tongue weight will be closer to 900 pounds with the empty trailer and potentially in the 1000-1100 pound range for the trailer "loaded for a camping trip"....
Trailer GVWR is 7400 pounds and most trailers have a tongue weight between 11-15% of total trailer weight, depending on loading and more importantly, depending on the load configuration that gives you the best controllability when towing. So, the "calculated/anticipated tongue weight" will be in the 11-15%. At GVWR, that's 908 - 1110 pound range.
Depending on your tow vehicle, towing a trailer that large may "need a hitch with built in sway control and maximum weight distribution capability".... I wouldn't "buy the smallest hitch that fits the "shipping weights" ......
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John
2015 F250 6.7l 4x4
2014 Cougar X Lite 27RKS
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