How do I figure out my tow capacity?

HW for the trailer needs to be included in the CCC or payload of ANY vehicle! Reality is, 5000lbs plus 10% hW of 500 lbs means you have 5500 lbs of trailer. OR, if you MH is only 26K lbs, you have 1900 lbs for hw. Or 19K lbs of trailer capacity at 10%. Assuming you have a strong enough hitch etc. Or at 25% if you could do a 5w, you have a max trailer of 7900 lbs. Or at the max for a ball mount trailer of 15% you have 12666 lbs of trailer total.

Towing a trailer generally speaking with no hw will cause sway issues. If the car tow dolly or equal does not have hw, then that is a different issue. then yes, you can max the gvwr of the MH, then you have a max 5000 lbs of car you can tow!

Marty

Correct me if I am wrong. This is what I was told by someone else:

Per the manual in the first post:
The GVWR = 27,910
the GCWR = 32,910

This means I can tow 5,000


As I understand it the GVWR = Fully loaded weight as long as within the motorhome I do not exceed the CCC

What you said sounds like you are saying my carrying weight (Water, luggage, etc) needs to be subtracked from the 5,000, but that would conflict with what I was PM'ed by someone else.

Which is right?

According to page 2 of the link you gave. You're CCWR 32,910. At this moment in time, you also have to ask yourself, what warranty do you have? if none, then the gcwr is useless figure to work with, as it is a non legal term. If you have enough HP, torque and the correct gearing. up to 7000 lbs behind your MH should not be an issue.

The real issue I see, is that the empty wt of your MH is 24K lbs, leaving you with all of 3000 lbs for water, black and gray tank fillings, food etc. Reality is, if you are at gvwr, then your tow capacity is squat, zero, nada, nothing. Unless you can tow a trailer, or your toad with little to no tongue/hitch wt.

marty

Triker33 wrote:
It says it has a 7,000lb hitch.
Most have a GVWR 27,910 and a GCWR.
But no listed GCWR for it. The difference between the GVWR & GCWR is what it can tow.
Sometimes you can find the GVWR & GCWR on a sticker on the drivers seat wall.
Or in a closet etc.

Whatever you tow make sure it has brakes on it. And doesn't weigh more then 7K
But It may be best to stay under 5K for any tow vehicle.

I was planning on towing a Chevy tracker (2400lbs) http://www.edmunds.com/chevrolet/tracker/2000/features-specs/

With a 2500lb uHaul trailer:
http://www.uhaul.com/Trailers/Auto-Transport-Rental/AT/

But this is just for a one time trip, I wanted to get the rating to see how big of a vehicle I could tow to see which of my vehicles I was going to make my toad and what kinda trailer to get

It says it has a 7,000lb hitch.
Most have a GVWR 27,910 and a GCWR.
But no listed GCWR for it. The difference between the GVWR & GCWR is what it can tow.
Sometimes you can find the GVWR & GCWR on a sticker on the drivers seat wall.
Or in a closet etc.

Whatever you tow make sure it has brakes on it. And doesn't weigh more then 7K
But It may be best to stay under 5K for any tow vehicle.