dodge guy wrote:
bikendan wrote:
rhagfo wrote:
bikendan wrote:
if more prospective RV buyers would simply go and look at the yellow sticker on the RV they're thinking of buying, instead of the ridiculous brochure/website "dry" weights, we'd have a lot less questions, like "Can i tow this?"
Only if they also look at the GVWR! The only ones that tow DRY are haulers!
not all trailers are created equal. some have huge CCC numbers that no one could get close to, so GVWR's aren't always a useful number.
generally, yes, unless it has a huge CCC. i've seen some trailers with "dry" weight around 6000lbs. and then has nearly 3000lbs. of CCC. and they weren't toyhaulers.
Yep, mine being one of them. I have a 4k lb CCC! My dry weight is 7100 lbs and the GVWR is 11,100 lbs. I am at 9200 lbs ready to travel. This is why I say to add approx 12-1500 lbs to the dry weight. And I've seen some trailers that have as low as a 600lb CCC.
And also my trailer model includes awning, microwave and so on. The only options are sky lights, cieling fan and spare.
Other than someone hauling these units for a lving,from the manufacturer to the dealer, Then, then empty or dry weight is a joke....No person who has purchased a TT or a 5er to camp in WILL NOT tow it empty or dry. I see post after post after post when people are wanting to know if their truck "will tow it", and they give a dry weight or empty weight number and even go as far as using the "dry pin weight" when talking about a 5er...It's a bit deceptive....one would think that one would understand that number means the truck is empty of water, propane, clothese, outdoor chairs, dry good's, pots pans and on and on and on....the EMPTY or DRY weight number is useless IF that number is what the consumer is looking at and trying if they can tow it...the "empty" and/or "dry" weight is useless when trying to match a tow vehicle to the unit
Anyone purchasing a TT or 5er to tow SHOULD use the 5er's GVW when trying to figure out "if their truck and tow it"....not the empty weight...same with pin weight...dry pin weight is yet another joke that people fall into looking at....Common sense would dictate that when one goes camping, they'll be loading up their TT or 5er when they drive off....Again, please do yourselves a favor and use the rv's GVWR when trying to figure out what to tow it with. Until one has purchased a brand new unit and transferred everything from one unit to another, I believe most would be surprised at just how much "stuff" they store in their 5er, especially if they have children....just my .02 and worth much less than that....Common sense seems to have taken a back seat at times when trying to match a tow vehicle to a TT or a 5er and one uses "dry weight" or "empty weight" as the number they're figuring on. It's a number that is almost irrelevant to what one is trying to figure out..
