A Little Help With Weights
We purchased a Host Everest recently. We figured we would need a newer duality so we traded in our 2015 GMC short bed 3500 for a 2019 Chevy dually. Here are some numbers I have and am hoping for cl...
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Our planned big trip is next month. St Mary Montana area for near two weeks. Several mountain passes but should be fine since our trip from the dealership took us over the Cascades ( I-90 ) with that half tank of water we didn’t know was there.
Our concern comes from our first experience towing a 30ft TT with a Suburban for three years. Too scary so we bought a GMC Denali 3500 SRW LB. Then we felt safe and never considered weight with the next three TT’s. Now like most folks we drag along too much stuff for “just in case” , so for now we are re-prioritizing our stuff. We just want to be safe.
Next purchase will be new tires soon. We have used BF Goodrich K02’s for close to 7 years but that was towing a TT. I read the ride is mushy with a camper on the truck, but that was one persons experience. I read the Cooper AT3’s are supposed to be great tires. I’d like to go with the K02’s because they are so good in the snow.
Anyway, I took the truck to a scale again and weighed the rear. 3520 with a full tank of gas. Soon I’ll load the camper on the truck and get some more scale numbers.
With some good tires and smart loading I feel confident about or trip to Montana. And other trips around this area.
Thanks for the feedback thus far.
Our concern comes from our first experience towing a 30ft TT with a Suburban for three years. Too scary so we bought a GMC Denali 3500 SRW LB. Then we felt safe and never considered weight with the next three TT’s. Now like most folks we drag along too much stuff for “just in case” , so for now we are re-prioritizing our stuff. We just want to be safe.
Next purchase will be new tires soon. We have used BF Goodrich K02’s for close to 7 years but that was towing a TT. I read the ride is mushy with a camper on the truck, but that was one persons experience. I read the Cooper AT3’s are supposed to be great tires. I’d like to go with the K02’s because they are so good in the snow.
Anyway, I took the truck to a scale again and weighed the rear. 3520 with a full tank of gas. Soon I’ll load the camper on the truck and get some more scale numbers.
With some good tires and smart loading I feel confident about or trip to Montana. And other trips around this area.
Thanks for the feedback thus far.
