New to the forum. SUV towing questions
First off, thanks for this forum. I have learned a ton lurking here. Everyone seems very friendly and helpful, so I figure no harm in putting my particular scenario out there. I have been towi...
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IMO, if you want to be conservative- that says staying within all of your ratings. That means, you'll run out of GVWR long before GCWR/maximum towing capacity.
I have a couple of tools that will help:
1) Get a feel for what your actual payload capacity is:
http://www.towingplanner.com/Calculators/TowingPayloadEstimate
2) Then, get a feel for what real-world tongue weight may be by using the dry weights of the Salem and extrapolating from there:
http://www.towingplanner.com/Estimators/TonguePinWeightFromDry
Good luck!
I have a couple of tools that will help:
1) Get a feel for what your actual payload capacity is:
http://www.towingplanner.com/Calculators/TowingPayloadEstimate
2) Then, get a feel for what real-world tongue weight may be by using the dry weights of the Salem and extrapolating from there:
http://www.towingplanner.com/Estimators/TonguePinWeightFromDry
Good luck!
