Vehicle weight
I went looking at a few vehicles today for towing. I can find the GVWR, but that is what the vehicle is capable of handling. I want to know how much the vehicle itself weighs. On one I saw a Carry ...
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Horizon170 wrote:
Google curb weight as someone suggested.
Then weigh your RV.
Look on the drivers door jamb and get the GCWR. (Gross combined weigth rating)
Then subtract the two and that is the MAX your Toad can weigh according to the MFG. I'll bet a nickle to a doughnut that most RV's with TOADS are over weight.
I know I am most of the time.
(NO lawyer quotes please.)
Marvin
that's right but it goes a bit farther. the amount of weight you can safely tow will be the lesser of the following:
- the gross combination weight rating of the MH minus the actual weight of the MH as it is loaded and configured for travel
- the weight rating of your hitch
- the weight rating of your tow bar
the last two factors must be considered.
