Towing Capacity
I am looking at buying a used truck in order to tow a travel trailer. Where can I find accurate information on the towing capacity of that truck and a glossary of what all the terms mean?
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2500 lbs of payload, family of 6 like mine is 1200-1300 lbs when all were teens.....now down to 1200 lbs of other stuff. Two alasakan malamutes and crates, 300 lbs, generator 120 lbs, rack and canoe at 250 lbs.....now have about 600-800 lbs for hitch weight.
800 / 10% is 8000 lbs of max trailer. 800/15% is a whopping 5333 lbs of trailer.....
So NO, a 2500 lbs payload truck may not be in my case, big enough for a 7500 lbs loaded trailer depending upon MANY items......a 5w would be worse, 25% of 800 lbs is a whopping max trailer of 3200 lbs! Power be danged, payload is very important if you have a large family. I would suggest a SW 35 series with minimum 3000 - 4000 lbs of payload!
This is from a having been there done that.....lololol I should add in the day I came home from a ski area at 21000 lbs gcw, normally I was around 15000. Yes that was 6000 lbs of snow load in pickup bed and trailer roof!
Marty
800 / 10% is 8000 lbs of max trailer. 800/15% is a whopping 5333 lbs of trailer.....
So NO, a 2500 lbs payload truck may not be in my case, big enough for a 7500 lbs loaded trailer depending upon MANY items......a 5w would be worse, 25% of 800 lbs is a whopping max trailer of 3200 lbs! Power be danged, payload is very important if you have a large family. I would suggest a SW 35 series with minimum 3000 - 4000 lbs of payload!
This is from a having been there done that.....lololol I should add in the day I came home from a ski area at 21000 lbs gcw, normally I was around 15000. Yes that was 6000 lbs of snow load in pickup bed and trailer roof!
Marty
