Hitch Weight on Travel Trailer Toy Haulers
The reason for my post is someone could get into trouble or seriously injured because the manufactures claimed hitch weight on a toy hauler isn’t always correct. The Equal-i-zer manual (available on ...
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Francesca Knowles wrote:
I'm a little at sea here...if you knew going in that your truck's TW limit is 1150, why buy a toyhauler with a published dry hitch weight of 1129?
I'd have thought this would be a major pre-buy consideration, especially since your maximum tongue capacity is stated with the presumption that there's nothing at all in the truck except the driver and perhaps a full tank of gas. Any other gear/passengers' weight must be deducted from that number...
You are confusing TW limit with gross cargo weight rating. The TW is the weight of the hitch on the ball. The GCWR for my truck is 1928 LBS. The GCWR is the TW, the passengers and cargo in the bed of the truck. The maximum trailer weight is 11,300 LBS.
