Can my Toyota Tundra handle this trailer.
We are considering a new trailer and want to ensure our tow vehicle can handle it, the specifications for both follow: Tow Vehicle - 2000 Toyota Tundra 4x4 with the 4.7 v8 Specifications: · Maximu...
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You most likely will be limited by the TV's GVWR rather than by "towing capacity".
If you really want to know how much trailer you can tow, you should load the Tundra approximately as it would be for camping. Then weigh the loaded TV and add 100# for a weight distributing hitch.
Subtract the sum from the TV's GVWR. The result is the maximum allowable vertical load which may be imposed by the trailer.
With a properly-adjusted WDH, the vertical load imposed by the TT will be approximately 80% of the loaded tongue weight.
For example, if your loaded TV weighs 6300# and its GVWR is 7050#, the maximum allowable added load is 7050 - (6300+100) = 650#.
Then, with WD, the maximum allowable loaded tongue weight would be 650/0.8 = about 800#.
Assuming a tongue weight percentage of 13%, the maximum allowable loaded trailer weight would be about 800/0.13 = 6200#.
So, you really need to know how much the loaded TV (plus WDH) is going to weigh.
Ron
If you really want to know how much trailer you can tow, you should load the Tundra approximately as it would be for camping. Then weigh the loaded TV and add 100# for a weight distributing hitch.
Subtract the sum from the TV's GVWR. The result is the maximum allowable vertical load which may be imposed by the trailer.
With a properly-adjusted WDH, the vertical load imposed by the TT will be approximately 80% of the loaded tongue weight.
For example, if your loaded TV weighs 6300# and its GVWR is 7050#, the maximum allowable added load is 7050 - (6300+100) = 650#.
Then, with WD, the maximum allowable loaded tongue weight would be 650/0.8 = about 800#.
Assuming a tongue weight percentage of 13%, the maximum allowable loaded trailer weight would be about 800/0.13 = 6200#.
So, you really need to know how much the loaded TV (plus WDH) is going to weigh.
Ron
