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dante93gtz
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Oct 26, 2017

Help me make sense of my vehicle's towing capabilities

I'm trying to best determine what my truck is (and is not) capable of hauling. We recently sold our F350 diesel in favor of something with 3 rows of seating. We bought a '14 Cadillac Escalade ESV AW...
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dante93gtz
Explorer
Oct 26, 2017
troubledwaters wrote:
If you are using the published curb weight of the vehicle, that includes a full load of fuel. Likewise when calculating tongue weight, don't use the dry tongue weight, use GVWR times 12% - 13%; that will give you a better estimate of what the tongue will really weigh. More info clicky


Good to know on the GVWR on the vehicle.

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