I just bought a new (to me) travel trailer and I'm in the process of getting my solar setup installed. I need help with weight issues. The trailer weighs 3500 lbs dry, and 3980 with a full load of water. I'll be pulling it with a 2004 Tahoe with a GVWR of 6800 lbs. The curb weight is 5133 lbs. I can't find the GCWR on my truck,but an online search listed it at 10,000 lbs. My question is, can I stick 4 Trojan T-105s on the tongue of this trailer and still pull it safely? That's gonna be 248 pounds, minus the 60 pounds of the Exide battery currently there, for a total of 188 pounds.Thanks for any and all advice.

JRRNeiklot wrote:I just bought a new (to me) travel trailer and I'm in the process of getting my solar setup installed. I need help with weight issues. The trailer weighs 3500 lbs dry, and 3980 with a full load of water. I'll be pulling it with a 2004 Tahoe with a GVWR of 6800 lbs. The curb weight is 5133 lbs. I can't find the GCWR on my truck,but an online search listed it at 10,000 lbs. My question is, can I stick 4 Trojan T-105s on the tongue of this trailer and still pull it safely? That's gonna be 248 pounds, minus the 60 pounds of the Exide battery currently there, for a total of 188 pounds.Thanks for any and all advice.Probably be OK as the truck can pull around 7400 - 7700 lbs.But its the weight on the rear axle that you should be concerned about..We can all guess here but the right way is to fill the truck with fuel, and all people and gear to go camping. Then get the truck weighed.Get separate axle weights. Take the axle rates from the door tag and subtract them from the scale weights.That will tell you how much payload you can put on the rear of the truck..Are you going to use a weight distribution hitch? You should IMO...

With the WD hitch you can transfer the weight around. Still get the truck weights at a scale. Better off take the trailer also.You need three weights at the scale to know exactly whats going on..Read here..http://towingplanner.com/ActualWeights/TravelTrailerCatScales

I found the correct values for my truck and camper. The above are not correct.Chevy Tahoe 4 door Z71 4wdMaximum Trailer Wt: 8200GCWR 14000Maximum tongue weight 600Max tongue weight loaded 1000Coleman 192 RDSDry Weight 3923 lbsCargo Weight 3677 lbsHitch Weight 472 lbsWill those numbers help to get a ballpark figure?Thanks.

JRRNeiklot wrote:I found the correct values for my truck and camper. The above are not correct.Chevy Tahoe 4 door Z71 4wdMaximum Trailer Wt: 8200GCWR 14000Maximum tongue weight 600Max tongue weight loaded 1000Coleman 192 RDSDry Weight 3923 lbsCargo Weight 3677 lbsHitch Weight 472 lbsWill those numbers help to get a ballpark figure?Thanks.The 4wd Tahoe 2004 only pulls 7800 lbs max if you have the 4:10 rear. 7500 with 3:73. Thats with the 5.3L. 4.8 is less..

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lawrosa
Explorer
Oct 11, 2016
With the WD hitch you can transfer the weight around.

Still get the truck weights at a scale. Better off take the trailer also.

You need three weights at the scale to know exactly whats going on..

Read here..

http://towingplanner.com/ActualWeights/TravelTrailerCatScales
JRRNeiklot
Explorer
Oct 11, 2016
Yes, I do have a WD hitch.
lawrosa
Explorer
Oct 11, 2016
JRRNeiklot wrote:
I just bought a new (to me) travel trailer and I'm in the process of getting my solar setup installed. I need help with weight issues. The trailer weighs 3500 lbs dry, and 3980 with a full load of water. I'll be pulling it with a 2004 Tahoe with a GVWR of 6800 lbs. The curb weight is 5133 lbs. I can't find the GCWR on my truck,but an online search listed it at 10,000 lbs.
My question is, can I stick 4 Trojan T-105s on the tongue of this trailer and still pull it safely? That's gonna be 248 pounds, minus the 60 pounds of the Exide battery currently there, for a total of 188 pounds.

Thanks for any and all advice.

Probably be OK as the truck can pull around 7400 - 7700 lbs.

But its the weight on the rear axle that you should be concerned about..

We can all guess here but the right way is to fill the truck with fuel, and all people and gear to go camping. Then get the truck weighed.

Get separate axle weights. Take the axle rates from the door tag and subtract them from the scale weights.

That will tell you how much payload you can put on the rear of the truck..

Are you going to use a weight distribution hitch? You should IMO...

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