Is tongue weight calculated in CGVWR?
I'm contemplating buying a pop-up trailer that would push the limits of my tow vehicle. I want to make sure I understand what all the figures mean. Let's use round figures to aid with our gorilla math...
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" The vehicle weight loaded with gear and people is 5,700. The trailer with gear weighs a measured 3,000 with a tongue weight of 400. Is my combined gvw 8,700 or 9,100? "
By "measured" you mean measured on a scale? If hooked to the vehicle, the 3000lbs + the 400lbs is the trailer weight and the 5700lbs - 400lbs is the vehicle weight, roughly.
I know you're trying hard to make this work and think these numbers are still just theoretical as you don't have the trailer yet?
Given your lack of experience with towing, as it appears, the best thing IMO would be if you could borrow someones trailer (any type) of similar weight and go take er for a spin and see how you and the van feel about it.
Don't get caught up in calculating to the exact pound. Plenty of people/vehicles tow safely OVER the max rating and plenty of people/vehicles don't do well even under the max ratings.
This is more of an order of magnitude thing. Your vehicle is "rated" to tow 3000lbs. 3500 or 2500 is not going to be significantly different. 5000 or 1500 lbs will be.
By "measured" you mean measured on a scale? If hooked to the vehicle, the 3000lbs + the 400lbs is the trailer weight and the 5700lbs - 400lbs is the vehicle weight, roughly.
I know you're trying hard to make this work and think these numbers are still just theoretical as you don't have the trailer yet?
Given your lack of experience with towing, as it appears, the best thing IMO would be if you could borrow someones trailer (any type) of similar weight and go take er for a spin and see how you and the van feel about it.
Don't get caught up in calculating to the exact pound. Plenty of people/vehicles tow safely OVER the max rating and plenty of people/vehicles don't do well even under the max ratings.
This is more of an order of magnitude thing. Your vehicle is "rated" to tow 3000lbs. 3500 or 2500 is not going to be significantly different. 5000 or 1500 lbs will be.
