Confused at Camping World

sh410 wrote:
@NCMODELA:

Look at the drivers side door post sticker get the payload for your Yukon. That is the weight driver, passengers and gear plus the tongue weight that you Yukon can carry.

Load you family and gear ready to camp and go to the scale. Subtract that weight from the GVWR also on the drivers side door post. That will give you the weight for the trailer tongue weight.

To the UVW of the trailer add 1000# for the load you put in the trailer and multiply by 12% to get an approximate tongue weight.

For example, the one with a dry weight of 5680# add 1000# for your stuff = 5780 times 12% = 693# approx tongue weight.

The closer you get to max payload or max tow the harder your Yukon will have to work.

Hope this helps

Good Luck

You know something in my experience these are really realistic numbers for that length of trailer. 1000 pounds (including some water) is what the typical RVer will put into a unit of this size. Bigger units have more storage so we RVers tend to fill every cabinet. Smaller units less. I am still a proponent of using real tongue weight numbers when pulling with a half tone or or smaller vehicle but the numbers suggested by SH410 are on the money in my opinion. In the early phases of trailer selection I would use numbers similar to these when checking tow vehicle compatibility for a client. Before any papers are signed I would look at it closer (especially tongue weight because of the variables) but this is a good start.