Newbie question about towing weights
Hi We're looking at 5ers and wondering how to figure pulling weights. Which numbers do you use to figure whether your truck is strong enough? (I know it's a basic question, but I'm really scratc...
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Thanks for your patience and replies, everyone!
Sorry to be so dense.
We'll get the trailer this coming weekend, and plan to weigh it empty before we pick up the trailer and then afterward, with the trailer on, but low on gas in the truck. We can figure gas weight; then we plan to weigh everything that goes onto the trailer as we come up to speed, and the truck (though, we are light travelers on weekends and won't need much in the truck). Our first trip will be in mid-March, a weekend, and we'll pack very light. Still, we'll weigh again as we pass the CAT scales just to see.
FWIW: My truck is in excellent condition. Was babied all of its life, though it sure does guzzle gas! We have pulled smaller horse trailers with no issues, and we live in the mountains of WV. However, last spring, my EMPTY horse trailer snapped its axle (it was an ancient, bumper pull kind) in the parking lot overnight (after being towed all day) so I'm sensitive to what can happen. Don't want to see that on a 10K# trailer and on the Interstate!
Sorry to be so dense.
We'll get the trailer this coming weekend, and plan to weigh it empty before we pick up the trailer and then afterward, with the trailer on, but low on gas in the truck. We can figure gas weight; then we plan to weigh everything that goes onto the trailer as we come up to speed, and the truck (though, we are light travelers on weekends and won't need much in the truck). Our first trip will be in mid-March, a weekend, and we'll pack very light. Still, we'll weigh again as we pass the CAT scales just to see.
FWIW: My truck is in excellent condition. Was babied all of its life, though it sure does guzzle gas! We have pulled smaller horse trailers with no issues, and we live in the mountains of WV. However, last spring, my EMPTY horse trailer snapped its axle (it was an ancient, bumper pull kind) in the parking lot overnight (after being towed all day) so I'm sensitive to what can happen. Don't want to see that on a 10K# trailer and on the Interstate!
