Confused Newbie TT TV weights
Ill start off by apologizing ahead of time, Im sure this has been asked and answered many times. TV: 2002 GMC Envoy Book says max tow weight of 5300# Installed tow package with round plu...
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ependydad wrote:You forgot the 3rd camp. The I am uneducated and don't give a hoot camp that will tow anything just because they think they can....
There are 2 camps when it comes to weights - 1) you should be within all of a truck's limits; 2) exceeding truck's limits is acceptable within reason. Full disclosure, I'm in camp #1 but see the reasoning and logic behind camp #2. (In fact, ChooChoo above was one of the people that swayed me.)
That said, I think everyone should be educated - especially newbies who are just getting into this. It's one thing for someone with 20 years of towing experience to decide to overload vs. someone who has little to no experience.
What you really need to do is load up your truck like you were camping and go get weighed. From there, the math is pretty simple:
What Can I Tow?
