Towing with a 2000 Four Winds 21RB?
We're RV novices with lots of questions. The issue of the day is towing with our 21' Four Winds Class C on a Chevy chassis with a 350 c.i. engine. We'd like to flat tow a car, and my wife is sort of...
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Snowman9000 wrote:
My opinion is that you probably don't have any frame extensions on such a short MH. So if you subtract your actual loaded weight from the GCWR on the door or glove box or from the chassis manufacturer data (not the MH manufacturer), the difference will be your towing capacity. Once you install a hitch rated to same. I could give you my Chevy's GCWR but mine's an 04 chassis with different powertrain. Off the top of my head, I think mine is 16,000.
I suspect you'll find you can tow the Jeep within the limits.
Thanks! Unfortunately my door sticker lists a GVWR but not a GCWR. The chassis manual says I can tow either a 5,500 pound max trailer (with 3.73 gears) or a 7,000 pound max (with 4.10 gears). I have no idea what my rear end is, and obviously those numbers don't take into account the effect on combined weight that the RV build has. The manual says not to exceed GCWR but doesn't say anywhere what exactly that might be. I'm a bit flummoxed!
