Newbie - confused about hitch weight
Well, I am a newbie and just bought my TT the other day. Purchased the Palomino Solaire Eclipse. Its dry weight is 6800#. My TV is a 2005 F150 4x2 5.8L V8 with a 144 WB and max trailer weight of 860...
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Lawrosa
I can mount a new hitch receiver with a higher load capacity. The current capacity of the receiver with the WDH is 990#.
When calculating the GCW the tongue load is added as cargo for the truck in the GVW. Therefore, is the tongue load subtracted from the TT GVW when calculating the GCW? In other words if the TT GVW is 6850# and the tongue weight is 900#, do you subtract the 900# from the TT GVW when calculating the GCW?
I can mount a new hitch receiver with a higher load capacity. The current capacity of the receiver with the WDH is 990#.
When calculating the GCW the tongue load is added as cargo for the truck in the GVW. Therefore, is the tongue load subtracted from the TT GVW when calculating the GCW? In other words if the TT GVW is 6850# and the tongue weight is 900#, do you subtract the 900# from the TT GVW when calculating the GCW?
