Getting Serious About Weight.....
I've got a 2013 Ram 1500 rated for 10,500 towing and a payload of 1,290. For the past 4+ years I've been towing a 2013 Jayco 26RLS with a sticker weight of 6,767 and a dry hitch weight of 820. Th...
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cm11599ps wrote:
Anyway, I just ordered a tongue weight scale to get a better idea of how much weight the camper is putting on my truck. The sticker weight on the camper is 6767 and I can only assume the actual weight is 7,500-8,000 since I've never weighed it. I'd love to know the actual tongue weight and I know I could probably do a much better job distributing the weight better in the camper.
As has been suggested, get your truck and camper weighed so you can stop guessing. It's a small price to pay for piece of mind. Don't rely on the weight of the camper printed on the sticker. A tongue jack is definitely nice to have, but you want to know the weight of the camper too.
Wood is deceptively heavy. It doesn't feel like much when you're tossing it in the back of the truck, but all together it weighs a good bit. I doubt the tongue weight was the reason for the sagging rear end, it was most likely the firewood. Meaning: too much payload as has been mentioned.
-Michael
