A different weight question
I do not have a good understanding on how GVWR is applied to a travel trailer rig. The question is whether the tongue weight and it's effects have to be counted in both the truck and trailer weights...
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Terryallan wrote:
I may be wrong, or over simplifying. But, When the TT is hooked up. The TV is carrying the tongue weight. It only counts toward GVWR weight of the TV. This is the reason "many / most" TT axles are not rated for the full GVWR of the TT. Because the trailer axles never have to carry the full weight of the TT on the highway.
Of course when the trailer is unhooked, the tongue weight is sitting on the tongue jack, so again. The trailer axles are not carrying the full weight of the trailer.
So in fact. The tongue weight only counts toward the weight / GVWR of the TV.
If some trailers rate the GVWR higher than its axle rating, that implies the hitch weight IS included in the trailer GVWR. The trailer GVWR is the sum of the weight carried by the axles plus the weight on the tongue. That is what that “vehicle” can weigh in total regardless of how it is towed or hauled.
