NC Hauler wrote:
Actually, I'm not illiterate nor uneducated, and I do read quite a bit....The ONLY thing that I would recommend people to do, seeing as how I CAN'T read peoples minds like some can in here and I CAN'T predict how much some will load their units to....I suggest the "worse case scenario.....use the units GVW...What's the big deal...I had absolutely no clue how much "STUFF" I was going to haul around in my 5er...When we got it, it was mostly the wife and I and two dogs....now we've added a satellite on the roof (weight), we've added a washer/dryer combo (more weight)....oh, now we may have two grandchildren with us, more more clothes and toys......again, unlike you, I'm not psychic.. I will look at GVW, know what I CAN load to, and pick the right TV...I WON'T look at a units dry weight of 14,400# see it can be loaded to 16,950 and "guess"...ok, I'll only load it to 500 or 700# and will only figure I'm going to tow 15,100#....no, I'm sorry, forgive my FOOLISHNESS, but I will ERR towards FIGURING that IF I purchased a unit that has a GVW of 16,950, I may possibly get that high...I'm NOT going GUESS that I'll ONLY fill it to 15,100# and miss it and have a terrible time towing....Last time I weighed the unit it was at 16,050#...oh, hope no one buys a heavy generator...that's more weight, (I got one of those too), it' amazing how the weight will add up....but again, not being psychic or KNOWING by GUESSING, I'll go by GVWR and figure I WON'T get THAT high and I have a truck to tow the weight.
I CERTAINLY won't tell someone to buy a truck to handle dry weight, empty weight or go by empty/dry pin weight....that's even more inane than what you're suggesting I'm doing, just on the other end of the scale. NOR will I suggest they "GUESS" at how much weight they're going to tow...My 4 Grandkids have gotten older, bigger toy's now, more clothes....something I DID think about back in 07 when I purchased the unit...came in handy years down the road.
Go by "assumptions" and figure 600-800#....but you might want to think about if and when" you might add a 200 or more Generator, 200# washer/dryer, 75# satellite and on....oh, and lets not forget that when we add that extra fuel tank in the bed of the truck, it TOO can eat up a lot of a trucks GVWR,or RAWR, whichever one chooses to use., which would/could also affect how much one loads their 5er too, (pin weight in the bed of the truck).....
Nope, I'll try to err to where I'm not sure how much I'll load to, and go from there, seems a bit more practical than just "guessing".....
It's OK. IF you want an overkill truck, go for it. If you need to carry everything in the house to spend a weekend in the mountains, go for it. Me I just camp. I setup, put out my grill, build my fire. And hang out. Then I load my grill up, put out my fire, and go home.
