StylinLP38 wrote:
4x2/4x4 Max Payload: 1,180 Pounds
Hitch Dry weight: 380 lbs
Max Trailer Weight: 6000 lbs
As to the Hitch Tongue load: I would add the following:
2 batteries? 50 lbs
2x full 30lbs propane tanks = 100 lbs
100 LBS - Pro Series Weight Distribution System w/ Friction Sway Control - 10,000 lbs GTW, 750 lbs TW Item # PS49902
(is there a better recommendation?)
Driver and passenger = 350 lbs
batteries - 50 pounds
propane - 100 pounds
WDH - 100 pounds
That is 250 pounds + 380 pounds dry hitch weight is 630 pounds hitch weight even with nothing else in the trailer.
You and DW - 350 pounds
hitch weight - 630 pounds
total payload so far - 350 + 630 = 980 pounds
capacity - 1180 pounds
You have 200 pounds of payload capacity left for everything else, including increased hitch weight from stuff in the trailer, and stuff in the bed of the pickup, combined.
And, don't forget, those dry weights quoted by the manufacturer are usually wildly underestimated. Any increase in the dry hitch weight (or your estimates above) come directly off that 200 pound reserve capacity.
