Mike E. wrote:
Seeing how you have put a deposit on a trailer you obviously love (buying it at first sight ), before going into panic mode maybe do these things...
1) As APT mentioned, check your actual payload as per the yellow sticker on your door pillar.
2) Confirm you Rear Axle Weight Rating (RAWR)...this along with your tire's Load ratings are VERY important
3) Check your hitch rating....guessing an upgrade is in order
4) When you pick it up at the dealer, have them set up the weight distribution hitch and tell them that you are going to the closest set of scales to confirm the numbers BEFORE you give them final payment. If you are over on any of the ratings, take it back to them and go from there. There's no way that their sheet of paper you signed will absolve them from the lialbility of selling you a trailer your truck cannot handle.
On the plus side, if the scales show that you are OK, then use the numbers to know what and how you can load up your truck and trailer to stay within the ratings.
If you are a little over on GVWR and YOU are comfortable with towing like that until you upgrade your truck then I'd say go for it....carefully mind you....just don't be one of the allstars towing at 75MPH weaving in and out of traffic (rare, but I've seen it).
If over on RAWR and tire ratings....then you need to upgrade the truck ASAP.
It's not like your vehicle and family are going to burst into flames if you are a couple hundred pounds over GVWR, but it is a consideration you will have to deal with in terms of your truck's longevity.
So, take a breath, check your numbers and go from there.
Mike
good info. I dont know how well the "let me take it to a scale and not pay you for it, and if all is good, i'll pay you" being that it is being financed by a bank they put us with, I think it's they get fully paid, or not at all.
I looked at my truck and my tires have a load rating 113T, which I dont believe is "E" equivalent?
GVWR 7050lb
Front GAWR 3600lb
Rear GAWR = 3800lb
Payload Sticker = 1631 LB. This has a note saying indicated with FULL tank of 36 gallons (which is 300LB)
