Answering "How Much" Questions
Sorry for this long and wordy post... I am looking for some feedback on a little project I have been working on today. Kind of a sick day for me... so I have taken the down time to try and be product...
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wing_zealot wrote:
The problem is, you have only one percentage point in each chart and various increments when in fact the choices are endless. There is an easier way. towing-weight demonstrator
Good point. All of my bumper/GN and 5th wheel trailers doesn't fit in the 13 % or the 25 % numbers in the charts. I've had 5th wheel RVs with 17 % up to 21% hitch loads.
Another issue I see is subtracting the vehicle gross weight from its GVWR and use that number as a payload which RV folks think it goes in the bed of the truck. With todays high GVWR and low RAWR the GVWR based payload number overloads the trucks rear axle.
Example; '15 2500 Ram 10000 GVWR 6000 RAWR Hemi and Ram says a 3970 lb payload. We know this truck rear axle can weigh in the 2700 lb range which leaves approx 3300 lbs rear axle payload. If we used the 3970 lb GVWR payload and placed it in the bed we now have a overloaded tires/wheels and maybe the rear spring pack.
The F150 with the high 7700 GVWR (and other packages) and small 4050 RAWR is another example of a GVWR payload overloading the 4050 RAWR/P tires.
Somewhere the chart needs a weigh the rear axle as it carries most if not all of a RV's weight.
