Trailer tongue weight concerns!!!!!

Taz 23 wrote:
1st. Look on the bottom of the reciever mounted on your truck. It will list the weight capacity of the hitch. on my 2012 it is 600 w/c and 1100 w/d. That trailer is listed at 7500 max gross wt. 5755(trailer) plus 1745(cargo) Tongue wt should be 10 to 15% of trailer wt, so its probally within limits, depending on how heavy you load it and where you put the wt. It will be close.
2nd. Are you sure you have the 3.23 gears? In 2012 they only offered the 5.3/HD cooling with 3.08 and 3.42 and the 9700 lb tow rating is for the 3.42's.

Taz, I did check my window sticker and you are correct... The rear end ratio is 3.42. I took pics of the receiver sticker, and the sticker on the inside of the door. I also didn't think of the weight of the WDH! That alone will add another +- 100lbs!!! Making the tongue weight approx 935lbs!! The storage area on this particular trailer is a front pass through, so most of the weight will be in the front of the trailer. We only carry a 10X10 EZ Up and a few misc tools, and a couple of hoses up front, so that's not too bad, but I feel like I will be seriously pushing it with this trailer. Mostly just 2 of us going on trips, but there is a possibility we will take 1 or 2 children on occasion. I only usually load a cooler and a few chairs, etc in the bed of the truck, so not too much. I'm 250lbs and the wife is 140lbs.


I'm not at all educated on how to figure any of this stuff out, so hopefully I've given enough info for some help from those who know!
Thanks again to all who have chimed in!! Ernie