Overwhelmed and worried about safety
Hi all. I know threads of "can I tow XYZ with my ABC" probably get annoying and I've been reading and reading and reading. But I'm overwhelmed and my partner and I have never towed anything before. Th...
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At least you are not buying an equipment trailer. Manufactures rate payload based on the axel wt amount, WITH adiquite hitch wt. So if you have a trailer with 2 6000 lb axles, you have 12,000 lbs of payload, assuming you have 2800 lbs of hitch weight as my trailer weighs!
Reality is, you have to start with the base weight of a trailer, truck etc, add in normal stuff, add in some variable stuff you may or may not have full, ie water, LP, black and gray tanks. If you carry heavy stuff, or light stuff. Snow load on the roof! YES, snow load. Cam back from a 3 day stuck at the top of a mtn pass using my trailer as a ski hut, had 3000 lbs of snow after it snowed some 4' that weekend! That was 20 miles down the road before I found a scale! Probably double that at one point in time!
If you have a family of 6 as I do, you will load more into the trailer than a couple. Better to have too much chassis truck, than not enough. Too little engine, correct chassis truck for the load, IMHO is better than too much engine and not enough truck chassis!
Your mileage may vary on this too!
Marty
Reality is, you have to start with the base weight of a trailer, truck etc, add in normal stuff, add in some variable stuff you may or may not have full, ie water, LP, black and gray tanks. If you carry heavy stuff, or light stuff. Snow load on the roof! YES, snow load. Cam back from a 3 day stuck at the top of a mtn pass using my trailer as a ski hut, had 3000 lbs of snow after it snowed some 4' that weekend! That was 20 miles down the road before I found a scale! Probably double that at one point in time!
If you have a family of 6 as I do, you will load more into the trailer than a couple. Better to have too much chassis truck, than not enough. Too little engine, correct chassis truck for the load, IMHO is better than too much engine and not enough truck chassis!
Your mileage may vary on this too!
Marty
