Please help me figure out your capacity
I'm trying to buy a truck to tow my 5th wheel. I don't want to be one of those idiots trying to tow 20k with a ford ranger or something but I cannot get a clear understanding of how to figure out if ...
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Truck GVWR minus scaled loaded ready to travel weight equals cargo carrying capacity. In the real world that means your truck, full of fuel, passangers and all the gear you would normally be traveling with. Add 250 pounds for a hitch. As for your fiver, easiest to assume your trailers GVWR, 20% of which is pin weight.
Soooo, if your truck scaled at 8,000 pounds and has a 10,000 GVWR means you have 2,000 cargo carrying capacity.
Fiver GVWR 17,000 pounds, means you will have 3,400 pounds of pin weight. Based on my example your truck will be 1,400 pounds over its GVWR.
Is that simple enough?
Soooo, if your truck scaled at 8,000 pounds and has a 10,000 GVWR means you have 2,000 cargo carrying capacity.
Fiver GVWR 17,000 pounds, means you will have 3,400 pounds of pin weight. Based on my example your truck will be 1,400 pounds over its GVWR.
Is that simple enough?
