A little uncomfortable with my set up...
Let me explain... I went from a Wildwood travel trailer (22ft, 3600lbs) to a Jayco 273 Toy Hauler (31ft 6500lb, 12ft high). My tonque weight went up significantly from probably a few hundred lbs t...
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95jersey wrote:
FINALLY some useful information. Over the weekend I took the RV to my dealer to get winterized and asked them to weight the tongue.
drum roll...1280lbs (no bikes, no water, but fully loaded otherwise).
I don't know when I will be able to get to a CAT scale, as I am booked every weekend until late November. So for now, this is all we got.
So I am definitely exceeding the WD hitch rating (1000lb) at minimum.
A fact, but more of a "rim shot" vs drum roll and not very useful since the weight DOES NOT represent a normally fully loaded and ready to camp trailer. I also doubt you had all normal food and clothes for a normal trip, but that's a pure guess on my part.
Finally, I would guess less than one percent of folks are high in either their GUESSTIMATE or belief in what the TW and/or total weight of their unweighed trailer is with that 99 percent surprised HOW MUCH things really weighed once they get that CAT scale ticket.
Larry
