First RV
My spouse and I are looking at purchasing our first RV, he grew up camping, I did not.... We have a 2019 Chevy Silverado 6.2L with max trailering, manufacturers tow rating of 12,200 pounds and are ...
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Control_Freak wrote:
But why 15% hitch weight?is this because the optimum hitch weight should be between 10-15%? So calculate it at 15% to be on the safe side? Dry weight calculations from the manufacturer is 12% hitch weight. I’ve looked at a few other TT around the same weight but they have significant lower hitch weight and vice versa, lower TT weight with higher hitch weight. For example heartland mallard 335 has a weight of 8840 but a hitch weight of 780. I’m assuming this is how the weight of the TT is distributed, which would mean that depending on how you load cargo in the TT would directly effect the hitch weight.
10% is pretty marginal...hit and miss if you have sway problems due to hitch weight.
Even at 12% you will be a little over your limits but 15% is a nice solid safe number where you shouldn't run into hitch weight related sway problems.
The manufacturer numbers for hitch weight are often wildly wrong...only thing I've ever been able to figure is they know that no one runs empty and once you fill the water and put in a bunch of stuff, it will go up percentage wise.
