How much can I tow; Instructional Video

This might be the same one posted in tow vehicle section. It's great if you want to stay under vehicle Warranty rating. From a true legal per an LEO......not correct. Or if you're worried about a civil suit, then if you stay under numbers talked about, you may be ok from the manufacture warranty limits.
Having been pulled over commercially many times in my state, I have to follow that same weight laws driving personally, or commercial. I'm allowed many many more lbs than what the manufactures allow per warranty allows.

Marty

A WD Hitch does impact how the TW is distributed across the axles of the TV and the TT. I personally would not worry about the distribution part first. There are many other things to look at and then you can Tune a WD hitch without worry about weights as much.

Make sure your TV has enough payload to cover your human and cargo load in the TV PLUS your max TW. Ensure your receiver isn’t overloaded, ensure your axles are not overloaded.

You don’t even need a trailer to measure how much extra payload your TV has available. Load the Family up with everyone and add a few things that you always take with you on road trips. Fill up with fuel and drive to a Cat scale and weigh your TV. Make sure the front axle is on the front scale pad and the rear axle is on the middle scale pad. Push the really tall button and tell them you are weighing.

Now you know how much Your TV weighs BEFORE you go buy a trailer.

Look at your FAWR and Your RAWR and compare to the weights on your weigh slip. The difference is how much each axle can carry in addition to your loaded weight.

Add the axle weight up from the weigh slip and subtract this sum from the GVWR. The difference is the amount of payload you have left to carry a WD hitch and the Trailer tongue weight.

I recommend everyone considering purchasing a Camper do this. Especially if you are new to RV’ing.

For many TV’s it’s not what you can tow, it’s how much you can carry.

Thanks!

Jeremiah

So if they don't apply how do you determine the numbers with a WDH ?? We are right in the middle of looking at new HTT's and this info is critical to our decision.

Caution - The video applies ONLY to 5th wheels and TT that don't have a WDH. A properly adjusted WDH alters the static weight on all tires so the computations shown in the video don't apply.