Another GVWR Travel trailer question
Sorry but here is another weight question. I've been towing our 33 ft TT with a Ford F-250 so towing is no problem. My question concerns TT GVWR. Loaded to camp with 2 empty grey ranks and ap...
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sgfrye wrote:
Thank you that's why I'm lost.
Weighed truck on scales with me in drivers seat. Didn't include wife's weight she wasn't with me.
Steer axle 3800 lbs
Drive axle 2840 lbs
6640 lb total
Truck and TT together
Steer axle 3420
Drive axle 3920
Trailer 6300
Gross weight 13640
I got trailer weight 7000 by subtracting truck weight from gross weight. Maybe that was wrong? 6640lbs truck -13640 total weight on cat scales =7000
Tag on trailer has 7720 gvwr.
Axles are 2 x 3500lbs gawr
The short answer is your trailer axles are good to 7000 lbs. The trailer GVWR assumes at least 720 lbs of the total is carried by the truck. In your case you have 720 lbs of capacity left for the trailer, but assuming at least 10 percent of the added load goes onto the hitch, your trailer axles won’t hit 7000 lbs.
It seems like you WDH isn’t putting much back on the front as it’s almost 400 lbs lighter with the trailer.
