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 productive.
One of the questions many people ask in the TT, Fiver, and TV's forums is how much can I tow? Really this is two questions in one.... How much you can tow (trailer weight) is directly related to how much can you carry (payload).
I have created some charts, in an effort to help some out with correctly answering, how much can you tow and carry at the same time.
After one arrives at an understanding that their vehicle must not only tow but must also carry the tongue/pin weight... the next question is... how do I know how big of a trailer I can tow without overloading my TV? After all the tow rating is often MUCH higher than how much payload the truck has available.
Now the charts, and I wanted to ask the forum if these make sense.. if they are useful... or should be scrapped?
Basically, you take your available payload and based on the rule of thumb 13% tongue weight for TT's or 25% pin weight for fivers you get an APPROXIMATE max trailer weight... of course if your tow rating is lower than what the chart says is a match for your available payload or your GCWR is lower then the LCD rules in this number games.
Here are the charts
How to calculate available payload
Travel Trailers
Fifth Wheels
Are these useful, worthless, can be improved?
Thanks for the feedback in advanced.
Jeremiah
One of the questions many people ask in the TT, Fiver, and TV's forums is how much can I tow? Really this is two questions in one.... How much you can tow (trailer weight) is directly related to how much can you carry (payload).
I have created some charts, in an effort to help some out with correctly answering, how much can you tow and carry at the same time.
After one arrives at an understanding that their vehicle must not only tow but must also carry the tongue/pin weight... the next question is... how do I know how big of a trailer I can tow without overloading my TV? After all the tow rating is often MUCH higher than how much payload the truck has available.
Now the charts, and I wanted to ask the forum if these make sense.. if they are useful... or should be scrapped?
Basically, you take your available payload and based on the rule of thumb 13% tongue weight for TT's or 25% pin weight for fivers you get an APPROXIMATE max trailer weight... of course if your tow rating is lower than what the chart says is a match for your available payload or your GCWR is lower then the LCD rules in this number games.
Here are the charts
How to calculate available payload
Travel Trailers
Fifth Wheels
Are these useful, worthless, can be improved?
Thanks for the feedback in advanced.
Jeremiah
