Anyone hauling a TT with a Dodge Dakota?
If so, what are you hauling and how happy are you with the set-up? Thanks!
Forum Discussion
MookieKat wrote:
I basically wondered about what others were doing with the Dakota, but this is what we own:
1998 Dodge Dakota 5.2L V8 318 club cab with factory installed towing package. It has 230,000 miles on it. GVWR is 5,320 lbs. Manual says with a class 4 hitch, it will tow GTW of 7,100 lb.
Ideally you’d load up the Dakota with everything and everybody you would on a trip. Then weigh it at a truck stop or similar and subtract that weight from the 5.320#. The remainder is the max payload you have for a TT tongue weight and you’ll run out of that before you ever reach the 7100#. Then you don’t want to be too close to max or you will not enjoy towing it, most especially if you get in any mountains.
