rbpru wrote:
I think the biggest lack of understanding when towing is the cargo capacity.
The TT dealer cannot help you with it, because all they know is what your vehicle can pull and what the dry tongue weight of the TT you want to buy is.
The TT dealer does not know if you are a minimalist camper or you are an anvil salesman with lots of samples.
My F-150 will pull 9500 lbs with 1200 lbs of tongues weight. That is fine if I want to leave my wife, dog, camping gear and tools at home.
In my world, 800 lbs on the tongue is all I can put on my F-150 and still haul all my family and toys. That translates to a 5000 lbs. Dry weight TT with the gear and dog we take.
In the end the CAT scales are your friends, they give you your real numbers.
I guess we travel light. My Tahoe has a 7250 GVWR. Here is my before and ready to camp scale tickets with me in the vehicle. The only thing I add is wife (120#) wife's purse (57#) and dog (7#). Unless I am no good at math I am below my ratings.
