I am new to travel trailer towing and need to learn about towing capacity. I am looking at a travel trailer that has an empty weight of 5,700 and a Gross Weight of 8,700. My 2016 Ram pickup is a 4x4 5...
I think they determine towing capacity based on towing something that has 4 or more wheels on the ground so that there is 0 tongue weight. This allows manufacturers to claim 10k towing capacity when payload would never support towing a TT/Fiver of that size.
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