Confirm Towing Capacity Is OK?
I know you all get this all the time. But I wanted to give my setup and see if folks think this is OK. I weighed my 2011 Keystone Passport Ultralight. It is 5764 lbs shipping weight which I assume ...
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rhagfo wrote:kaydeejay wrote:trublupsu94 wrote:That is probably the "Dry" tongue weight. It includes nothing but the empty trailer.
I just looked at the specs for my trailer. It shows a tongue weight of 605lbs. Does this include propane and battery? If not, I would guess that the tongue weight is closer to 650lbs.
If the loaded trailer is 6500# to 6700#, then the tongue weight is going to be 13% to 15% of those numbers, or between 845# and 1005#.
That is a LOT more than the 605# you are working with.
Have you figured in the weight of your WD hitch gear?
You can sit a fiddle with guesstimates for weight of this and that all you want the ONLY truth comes from a trip to the scales!!!! Take the truck loaded as for camping along with family.
You can go to Cat scales pay your $$ and do the two trips.
1. Truck alone separate front and rear axle weights.
2. Truck with trailer attached wo/ WD three plates, front rear and trailer.
Math time.
Tongue weight = (#1 front + Rear) - (#2 front +rear)
Trailer weight = tongue weight + Trailer axles.
Available TV payload = (GVWR) - (#1front +#1 rear)
By doing a third pass with the WD hooked up you can see what the load is on the rear axle and also how much weight has been restored to the front axle.
