fj12ryder wrote:
lanerd wrote:
fj12ryder wrote:
Easy answer: Weigh your truck fully loaded like you would be going down the road. Subtract that weight from your GVWR, the resulting amount is your payload. That will be the pin weight you'll be considering as your guide.
Wrong! The resulting amount will be the total payload the truck is capable of handling...which includes not only the pin weight of the 5ver but EVERYTHING else you put in or on the truck including driver, passengers, dog, equipment, hitch, or anything else.
Ron
What I was saying was fill the truck like you would be traveling: which would be with "EVERYTHING else you put in or on the truck including driver, passengers, dog, equipment, hitch, or anything else." That's why I said subtract the resulting weight from the GVWR and you'll have what you can carry.
OK, I understand and retract what I said about your statement being wrong. I apologize. However, I think that the majority of people in this situation will "NOT" load their vehicle like they would be traveling just to go get it weighed. It's just too much trouble and you'll always forget to include something. It's much better to weigh the truck like it's normally driven and then keep track of everything you put in or on it when you get ready to pull the trailer.
We used a standard bathroom scale to weigh everything when we would go camping. I also had a Sherline tongue scale that allowed me to know exactly what my trailer's tongue weight was so that I could adjust items in the trailer if needed.
Ron
