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mrbrown4christ's avatar
Oct 03, 2018

GVWR & Towing

I am about to purchase a 37ft Class A RV, and I want to make sure it can tow my tow vehicle. The RV is a 2013 Thor Challenger 37DT. On all the brochures I have found online the GVWR is supposed to be 22,000 with a GCWR of 26,000. But on the Title from the dealership, when the vehicle was purchased new in 2013 it had a "Scale Weight" of 24,582 lbs. This Scale weight is listed on the Vehicle Title. Is this a problem since the Scale Weight is over the GVWR, and how much additional weight can I tow?

This was confusing because I do not understand how Thor would manufacture a new RV 2,500 lbs. over the GVWR.

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  • mrbrown4christ wrote:
    It would be hard to weigh it again because I have not purchased the RV yet. I wanted to figure this out before purchasing, to ensure I can tow my tow vehicle, a 4,400 lbs Ford Explorer.


    Then tell the dealer that you will buy it after they have it weighed and they show you the printout.
  • It would be hard to weigh it again because I have not purchased the RV yet. I wanted to figure this out before purchasing, to ensure I can tow my tow vehicle, a 4,400 lbs Ford Explorer.