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:There is no way of knowing what the ratio will be until it is loaded. But, you can rearrange cargo to change it after the fact. In my opinion, there is nothing wrong with using 12% as a realistic guesstimate of what he loaded hitch weight will be, 100 lbs one way or the other is not going to lead to automatic self destruction. You seem to have a pretty good grasp of all the concepts.
I understand the difference between dry weight and loaded weight, I’m only using dry weight as a comparison for hitch weight ratio as published by the manufacturer. So the manufacturer says the dry weight to hitch weight ratio is 12% but you are using a 15% ratio when the trailer is loaded.
Is there no way to know what the hitch weight ratio is will Be when the TT is loaded besides weighing is when it is actually loaded?
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but in reading your posts it seems you already got a decent understanding of all this.
