
If you wanted to lift that dirt, its effective load would be ‘increased’ depending on where you held the shovel with your right hand but it will always be heavier than the weight of the dirt itself.

Imagine if you had a shovel of dirt with the handle horizontal, and the handle end of shovel was held in your left hand. Luckily, we can turn to Archimedes (born in 287 BC) and his teachings in regard to levers.

Whichever is the lesser, is the maximum amount of load you can place on your tow bar when hooking up a trailer (caravan, camper or box).īut, what does that weight really mean when you look at the bigger picture of loads on the tow vehicle (sometimes called the ‘tug’).

Your car and tow bar has a maximum tow ball weight.
