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,
Man I certainly appreciate your willingness to help. I guess others think im an idiot and dont want to comment.
Anyway, I reweighed on my way home from work tonight, again but with me in the vehicle. The previous values were done with me not in the truck. The numbers are below.
Front axle weight = 3180#
Rear axle weight = 2540#
Gross weight = 5720#
I also only had a half tank of gas and so you should add another 80#.
I do have the heavy duty tow package. Verified with my Ford dealer today. I have made calculations in an Excel spreadsheet and with an estimated hitch weight equal to 15% of the wet trailer weight (6850# dry weight + 600 TT cargo). This gives the following weights.
GVW = 6916# (Rear GVWR = 7050)
Rear GAW = 3736# (Rear GAWR = 3850)
GCW = 14346# (GCWR = 14000 EXCEEDED)
So, I am on the crisp. I have to assume though that Ford likely at minimum has either a 10% or 20% Safety Factor for warranty purposes.
I am stressing man.
Man I certainly appreciate your willingness to help. I guess others think im an idiot and dont want to comment.
Anyway, I reweighed on my way home from work tonight, again but with me in the vehicle. The previous values were done with me not in the truck. The numbers are below.
Front axle weight = 3180#
Rear axle weight = 2540#
Gross weight = 5720#
I also only had a half tank of gas and so you should add another 80#.
I do have the heavy duty tow package. Verified with my Ford dealer today. I have made calculations in an Excel spreadsheet and with an estimated hitch weight equal to 15% of the wet trailer weight (6850# dry weight + 600 TT cargo). This gives the following weights.
GVW = 6916# (Rear GVWR = 7050)
Rear GAW = 3736# (Rear GAWR = 3850)
GCW = 14346# (GCWR = 14000 EXCEEDED)
So, I am on the crisp. I have to assume though that Ford likely at minimum has either a 10% or 20% Safety Factor for warranty purposes.
I am stressing man.
