Towing capacity

Tukus45 wrote:
Buying my first travel trailer and have a question. My truck is rated at 12500 towing capacity and the toy hauler I am looking at is 9900 dry weight. Am I going to heavy?

Best to truly know where you are in reference to YOUR TV, is to load it up as if going camping and weigh it. Axle by axle.

That then will provide a baseline to figure out the trailer(s) you wish to purchase.

Axle by axle, as the majority of any trailer (Fiver or tongue) will place it's weight on the TV's rear axle. Ditto most anything you load in/on the TV.

Then, as noted by others, the trailer's 'dry' weight is the bare bones without ANY options. Nor stuff you will load into/onto it.

Finally, the 'dry' weight PIN or tongue will provide the ballpark percentage PIN or tongue when fully loaded

Edit...then do the simple math by taking your loaded TV weight + Hitch weight + PIN/tongue and subtract it from the 12,500 lb MTWR...that will be the true MTWR of your loaded TV

Suggest either a smaller trailer or bigger TV if you are set on that trailer

Ask that you post back on how it goes for other newbies or lurkers out there that might learn from your exercise. Not enough newbies ever come back with info to help other newbies or lurkers