"Dry Weight" Questions
If "dealer installed options" are not counted in the dry weight of a travel trailer, is there a rule of thumb estimate to include when calculating potential GVW? And what would constitute those option...
Forum Discussion
Desert Captain wrote:Mortimer Brewster wrote:
I think a lot of dealers list or emphasize the dry weight in order to fool the customer into thinking their tow vehicle is capable of towing that trailer. As others have said, go with the GVWR.
x2
All dry weights are a joke and the joke is on you if you believe them. Only a salesman trying to get you into too much trailer will ever quote them. Go with the GVWR and you will probably be safely under that number.
:C
X3. "Dry" weights are absolutely useless. Use the GVWR (gross vehicle weight rating) off the trailer's sticker. Use 12% (15% if you really want to be conservative) of the trailer's GVWR to estimate a loaded tongue weight. Don't forget to add 75 lbs. or so for a good weight distributing hitch, too. The most common mistake made is exceeding the payload capacity for the tow vehicle - not the maximum towing capacity.
Rob
