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susanka
Sep 07, 2014Explorer
Hi again.
DH got these numbers from the inside of the MH somewhere. GVWR 18,000; GCWR 21,500. So that leaves 3,500 as the weight we can tow. The front GAWR is 7,000. The rear GAWR is 11,000. The placard hitch rating on the back of the MH is 3,500. The ball hitch itself says 6,000. The UVW (dry weight) of the finished vehicle is 13,058. The net carrying capacity is 4,942. He says nothing has been done to the frame; it's the factory-length frame.
So do we need to take the seats out and everything else we can strip off? We can't return the car. I thought I was confused before, but this is worse. I feel sick.
DH got these numbers from the inside of the MH somewhere. GVWR 18,000; GCWR 21,500. So that leaves 3,500 as the weight we can tow. The front GAWR is 7,000. The rear GAWR is 11,000. The placard hitch rating on the back of the MH is 3,500. The ball hitch itself says 6,000. The UVW (dry weight) of the finished vehicle is 13,058. The net carrying capacity is 4,942. He says nothing has been done to the frame; it's the factory-length frame.
So do we need to take the seats out and everything else we can strip off? We can't return the car. I thought I was confused before, but this is worse. I feel sick.
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