King pin weight
Have some questions on trailer weight and pin weight. We have a 2007 GMC 2500HD short bed 4x4. Just weighed it today on a CAT scale. Was loaded ready to go with generators extra propane tanks and fuel...
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I'm going to add that towing is not the only use of a pickup truck. I am always worried about stopping, and with something like gravel in the bed, the truck's brakes must stop both the load and the truck. I would be more worried about GVWR in this situation compared to towing a trailer with its own brakes that, if set properly (a big if), should help a lot.
I see this posted on rv websites a lot.
A vehicle brakes are a function of the sum of the vehicles gawrs at a minimum and in many cases like to OPs 3/4 ton can have the same brake system as its one ton srw sister truck.
Ford has 19 different gvwr for its F150. Ford isn't about to try and mfg 19 different brakes system.
Same with their F250/F350 srw line up with 14 different gvwr numbers . It would be a nitemare for Ford to mfg that many different brake packages that may change 50 lbs the next year models or the previous year models.
