My experience is that most places recommend at least ten percent of the loaded weight on the tongue. If tongue weight is not enough, the trailer will wander when pulled and if it gets started swaying at speed, it may be impossible to get it under control, with very undesirable results. If a heavy enough scale is not available, there is a method of weighing that will work on a trailer w/tractor like you are describing. A beam for the tongue to rest on, and a pivot point one foot to one side for one end of the beam. Then another pivot point sitting on a scale on the other side for the other end of the beam to sit on. The second pivot point sitting on the scale can be (example two to three feet from the tongue). With the tongue resting on the beam, at it's hook up height, and the beam resting on the two pivot points, multiply the scale reading (minus the weight of the beam) by the number of feet between the two pivot points. The pivot points can be a block of wood with a piece of steel pipe or steel round bar stock for the beam to rest on. The beam should be light enough not to overwhelm the scale before the tongue is resting on it. So if the scale reads 250 pounds multiply by the number of feet between pivots. Example 3 feet x 250 = 750 pounds tongue weight. Example 4 feet x 250 = 1000 pounds tongue weight. Didn't mean to be so long winded, but hope this will help.
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