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hmknightnc
Jul 21, 2014Explorer
dmichaelf wrote:
The Dry hitch weight is 2020 lbs. What do you add other than passengers and cargo in the truck to get the total payload. My GAWR is 6200 rear and 5500 front.
You can estimate pin weight by taking 20% of the actual trailer weight. I think the stated dry pin weight is problably several hundred pounds too lite. Betcha the on the lot empty trailer pin weight is between 2400 & 2600 pounds. My 3000# pin weight in above comment was simply roughy 20% of the GVWR. With 6200# truck GAWR on rear you will definitely be pushing if not significantly exceeding that rating. Some will disagree with the newer trucks higher capacities but 15k# GVWR FW is dually country.
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