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GrandpaKip
Sep 28, 2017Explorer II
First of all, you need to understand the payload rating of your truck and how that relates to trailer tongue weight. The published weight of a trailer is never what it will be in the real world. The more important weight is the gross of the trailer. If you figure about 12.5 % of the trailer's gross, you will be in the ball park of real tongue weight. The towing weight of almost any truck will never be reached before the payload runs out.
Lots to learn.
Search this forum and the web for info on all the weights. Start a notebook. Don't necessarily believe much of anything an RV salesman tells you.
Once you've got a grip on all this, you can start your search for the " perfect" trailer. Hint: it ain't out there, but you can get close. We did.
Good luck and have fun hunting.
Lots to learn.
Search this forum and the web for info on all the weights. Start a notebook. Don't necessarily believe much of anything an RV salesman tells you.
Once you've got a grip on all this, you can start your search for the " perfect" trailer. Hint: it ain't out there, but you can get close. We did.
Good luck and have fun hunting.
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