Hitch choices ??
This spring I am upgrading from my 23'TT to a coachman freedom express 33' toy hauler TT.So I'm feeling with an extra 10' of side area and a higher stance I should upgrade my hitch from the regular we...
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camping fools wrote:
Downtheroad
The hauler is considered a light weight 6800 lbs dry. Choose the hauler primarily for wheelchair use for my wife. As a bonus I should be able to take my 350lb Honda cbr250 along. Also planning to put on a set of air lifts. Guess time will tell if I will be wanting more truck
You'll be wanting more truck, very soon.
Check the sticker on your drivers door post. Look for GVWR and payload (cargo capacity) numbers. You will probably see a payload of somewhere around 1400 lbs. That is, as long as nothing has been added to the truck. Any bed liners, bed cover, step bars, etc, take away from that payload number, ppound for pound. What you have available, could be as low as 11 - 1200 lbs.
That toy hauler has an empty tongue weight of 950 lbs. It has a gross weight of 9858 lbs. It could easily reach 1300 lbs tongue weight. Add the weight of a WD hitch, and you're over GVWR on the truck, before you add a passenger or any cargo in the truck.
