Towing
Looking for some thoughts on a weight question, friend needs to move her 5er to new site about 10 kms, gvw 15500#, my truck f250 rated at 13000, hitch is 24000#, i would not do this normally nor for a...
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Bumpyroad wrote:Lwiddis wrote:
A ton and a quarter over max at any distance isn’t wise IMO.
you are "assuming" that the trailer is loaded/weighs at its maximum gvwr. it matters not if the trailer has a GVWR of 100,000 lbs. if it only weighs 12,000.
bumpy
I wholeheartedly agree. I've made this argument 100 times when people are told to match a trailer to a truck based on GVW. One trailer may have a dry weight of 10,000 and a GVW of 15,000 while another is dry at 13,500 with the same GVW of 15,000. Some smaller travel trailers have a low GVW, but are nearly overloaded the moment you put water in the tank. GVW is important to know, but it can't be the end-all number that some suggest.
