"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...
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gmw photos wrote:
A popular recurring theme around here is to "go with the trailer GVWR".
My trailer actually weighs right at 4100 pounds. It's GVWR is 6000 pounds.
Using the logic of simply going by the GVWR would rule out some tow vehicles that in reality would be perfectly capable of towing this trailer.
I prefer to think in terms of "approximately dry weight, plus 1000 pounds or so". That seems to come out pretty close.
Maybe for YOU but you are the exception, the larger RV you have the more "STUFF" a person will add to their rig. Weekend warrior or full timer may make a difference but maybe not. The GVWR method is a guide, bottom line KNOW what your TV can CARRY when towing a 5er.
