Towing Capacity

adamrwinters wrote:
---My back up TT I was looking at has a DRY WT of 4700 but a GVWR of 7400. Now if I am to ignore the dry weight and use the GVWR I am in the same situation as before. But there is no way I will be loading 2700# in that TT! This is why I don't understand ignore dry weight comment. I figure with the TT loaded I am looking at 5400-5600# loaded. I just don't see how you can ignore dry wt. completely. Most TT I've looked at vary in payload capacity's from 800's to 2,500's! But my realistic cargo wt. will be in the 600-800 range max. Am I wrong to consider dry wt. as a starting point for an estimate of actual weight??

IMO, you are wise to question the advice of those who tell you to assume you will load the TT to its GVWR -- most people do not.
IMO, you also are wise to consider "dry weight" as a starting point.

The "dry weight" published in a brochure or on a manufacturer's website might be a couple hundred pounds lighter than the factory-delivered "dry weight".
You might be able to find the more accurate dry weight on a sticker of an available TT, or you might be able to find a photo of a weight sticker on a dealer's website if you Google the model information for the TT you are considering.

I recommend you use a realistic estimate of dry weight and then add your realistic estimate of TT cargo to calculate the estimated loaded TT weight.
Then use a realistic estimate of 13% to calculate the estimated loaded tongue weight.

Add the estimated weight of a WDH to the TV's cargo load, and assume the WDH will transfer a load, equal to approximately 25% of the TW, from the TV to the TT's axles.

Ron