Vehicle Towing Assistance - Weight Ratings
So I haven't quite figured out how the whole weight rating thing goes. So I've been doing some reading and based from my reading and lack of understanding, I have a truck to small for the beast I h...
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"Recently got a Cougar Camper 5th Wheel and its roughly 11441lbs shipping with 2065lbs on the hitch"
Those ^^^^^ are DRY Weights and don't mean too much cause you do not tow DRY
WHat you should do is load truck/trailer up 'camp ready' (fuel, all passengers, stuff in cab, stuff in truck bed and all the stuff in trailer)
GO to a CAT Scales and get weighed. Truck/Trailer combo then drop trailer in parking lot and go reweigh truck only
Then you will have actual weights on truck front axle, rear axle, trailer axles and with just truck Front/rear axles ----which gives you WET pin weight of 5vr
Compare those weights with truck AXLE Ratings etc.
Now you KNOW vs guesstimating
Those ^^^^^ are DRY Weights and don't mean too much cause you do not tow DRY
WHat you should do is load truck/trailer up 'camp ready' (fuel, all passengers, stuff in cab, stuff in truck bed and all the stuff in trailer)
GO to a CAT Scales and get weighed. Truck/Trailer combo then drop trailer in parking lot and go reweigh truck only
Then you will have actual weights on truck front axle, rear axle, trailer axles and with just truck Front/rear axles ----which gives you WET pin weight of 5vr
Compare those weights with truck AXLE Ratings etc.
Now you KNOW vs guesstimating
