Am I on the right track???
I've read that to safe that the tongue weight of TT should be somewhere between 9% and 15% on the total loaded trailer weight. Say for a 6000 lb trailer, its 9% tongue wt is 540 lbs and for 15% the t...
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I totally understand that you shouldn't exceed the trailer GVWR and I won't.
I read on this forum and others that a typical couple (not a family of four) packs between 500 and 1000 lbs of "stuff" in there TTs, including propane and batteries, etc. Which means, after their TT was loaded and ready to go that it weighed 500 to 1000 lbs over the weight of the trailer empty. Now assuming that the local dealer didn't add a lot of stuff into trailer, shouldn't actual weight rating be close to the weight rating stamped on the door? Now just because one trailer can handle more cargo doesn't mean that we'll pack that much.
Below are the numbers from the sticker on the Door and manual for my 2006 Tundra. As you can see these aren't very big numbers
GVWR 6300 lbs
GAWR: FRT 3500 lbs
GAWR: RR 3650 lbs
Total Combined weight of occupants and cargo never to exceed 1309 lbs
Towing Capacity: 7000 lbs
Max towing weight (including truck, occupants, fuel, cargo and trailer): 12,600 lbs
Maxium Tongue weight: 700 lbs
Truck Weight (As weighed with me and full fuel tank): 5000 lbs
I have the last model year of the first generation Tundra. Its a great truck but it's basically nothing more than a stretched out Tacoma with a small V8. I'm told that a lot of the parts are interchangeable. I knew it wasn't a robust full size pickup truck when I bought it and I even thought it was ugly as sin and still do. I mainly bought it because of Toyota's reliability reputation and because it was the largest truck that I could find that could fit inside my garage and still fit a 4x8 sheet of plywood or drywall between the wheel wells.
My wife and I have never RV'd before. So neither of us know how much we'd pack or how it affects the towing, but we are learning. We both love the out doors. As for a pop-up, I'd be okay with it, but not the wife. I'm an avid hiker/backpacker, but my wife grew up camping in her parents old pop-up and doesn't want to go that route. We were hoping that we'd be able to find a used starter Travel Trailer and tow it with our Tundra, but that doesn't seem very likely. I have located a couple possibilities, but they were sold before we got there. I'm also considering buying a another truck.
Lastly, I have to apologize for asking so many stupid questions. I'm fairly sure that we're going to love RVing as long as we do it safely. Unfortunately, my wife knows someone from her office that got into a serious solo traffic accident while towing a TT that ended very tragically. So I'm just making sure that I learn as much as I can.
Thanks
Bob
I read on this forum and others that a typical couple (not a family of four) packs between 500 and 1000 lbs of "stuff" in there TTs, including propane and batteries, etc. Which means, after their TT was loaded and ready to go that it weighed 500 to 1000 lbs over the weight of the trailer empty. Now assuming that the local dealer didn't add a lot of stuff into trailer, shouldn't actual weight rating be close to the weight rating stamped on the door? Now just because one trailer can handle more cargo doesn't mean that we'll pack that much.
Below are the numbers from the sticker on the Door and manual for my 2006 Tundra. As you can see these aren't very big numbers
GVWR 6300 lbs
GAWR: FRT 3500 lbs
GAWR: RR 3650 lbs
Total Combined weight of occupants and cargo never to exceed 1309 lbs
Towing Capacity: 7000 lbs
Max towing weight (including truck, occupants, fuel, cargo and trailer): 12,600 lbs
Maxium Tongue weight: 700 lbs
Truck Weight (As weighed with me and full fuel tank): 5000 lbs
I have the last model year of the first generation Tundra. Its a great truck but it's basically nothing more than a stretched out Tacoma with a small V8. I'm told that a lot of the parts are interchangeable. I knew it wasn't a robust full size pickup truck when I bought it and I even thought it was ugly as sin and still do. I mainly bought it because of Toyota's reliability reputation and because it was the largest truck that I could find that could fit inside my garage and still fit a 4x8 sheet of plywood or drywall between the wheel wells.
My wife and I have never RV'd before. So neither of us know how much we'd pack or how it affects the towing, but we are learning. We both love the out doors. As for a pop-up, I'd be okay with it, but not the wife. I'm an avid hiker/backpacker, but my wife grew up camping in her parents old pop-up and doesn't want to go that route. We were hoping that we'd be able to find a used starter Travel Trailer and tow it with our Tundra, but that doesn't seem very likely. I have located a couple possibilities, but they were sold before we got there. I'm also considering buying a another truck.
Lastly, I have to apologize for asking so many stupid questions. I'm fairly sure that we're going to love RVing as long as we do it safely. Unfortunately, my wife knows someone from her office that got into a serious solo traffic accident while towing a TT that ended very tragically. So I'm just making sure that I learn as much as I can.
Thanks
Bob
