Pin weight calculations
Apologies if this is posted elsewhere, but didn't find anything via searches. We're eventually planning to move up to a 5er in our next rig. As I'm putting together our short-list of campers, I wa...
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cdlaine wrote:
Apologies for the confusion... I did my pin weight
calculations on what I run loaded ready to go camping for a week.
If I used the factory GVWR on my fiver (14,300 #) my current pin
weight (of 2600#'s at the Cat scale) would be between 18-19 %.
I do not plan to run at 5ver GWVR with my current tow vehicle. That
is why I was more interested in the weight calculations I actually tow .
The factory data indicates a "max." pin weight of 3000 lbs.
Good luck... hope you can avoid numbers mesmerization.
Charles
What trailer do you have that states a max pin weight? I have never seen that. Chris
