Towing with older W. Minnie Winnie
I'm on the cusp of buying a used 2000 30'DL with 20k miles. Having it checked now. I fnd the owners manual and it says: The factory installed towing hitch on this coach is capable of pulling 3,...
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By 500-1000# I think you mean the load in the trailer, not the trailer tongue weight. If it's load within the trailer, then what does the empty trailer weigh? If the traier weighs 500 empty and you put 1000 in it, that's 1500 and your tongue weight shouldn't need to be above 150 to tow the trailer without having it whip behind the coach.
How heavy is the coach, as loaded for travel? Jayco stuck a label by our hitch saying the coach brakes are rated at GVWR (max fully loaded coach weight) not GCWR (coach and trailer combined). That could mean that you should have brakes on your trailer, even if it doesn't fall under state DMV rules to have brakes on it. For example, our 2002 E450 has GVWR 14050. Say we actually scale out at 12500. That'd leave 1500 that Ford wouldn't expect to have its own brakes.
How heavy is the coach, as loaded for travel? Jayco stuck a label by our hitch saying the coach brakes are rated at GVWR (max fully loaded coach weight) not GCWR (coach and trailer combined). That could mean that you should have brakes on your trailer, even if it doesn't fall under state DMV rules to have brakes on it. For example, our 2002 E450 has GVWR 14050. Say we actually scale out at 12500. That'd leave 1500 that Ford wouldn't expect to have its own brakes.
