Armada to Pull 33' Lightweight TT
2008 Armada LE AWD w/Tow Package. I've done a lot of reading on this forum related to this topic as we're looking to become first time TT owners. Woohoo! Our intention is to have few trips a year w...
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time2roll wrote:Trackrig wrote:I never worry about distance as much as the max towing is with only a 150# driver... absolutely nothing else in the base no options vehicle.
One of the items I find interesting when a mfg states a towing capacity, is they never mention whether their rating is good for a trip to a camp ground 100 miles away on flat ground, or going across the US crossing the Continental Divide on very long trips over several months.
The Armada will probably do fine to a campground a 100 miles away, but it doesn't have the transmission, rearend or brakes for longhaul traveling.
Bill
And the other "Game" being played. TV mfg base towing capacity assuming max of 10% tongue weight. Trailer mfg design trailers to be in the 15% tongue weight. So.... pretty easy to not realize the different assumptions and discover that your tongue weight is more than the TV hitch is rated for or that once loaded even though the trailer is well "under" the TV mfg claims for weight, your at or over GVWR for the TV.
And then trailer mfg tongue weight claim is for an empty trailer with empty propane tanks and no battery(s). Just filling two 30lb propane tanks and a couple of batteries just added 200lbs or so to the "empty" tongue weight since the weight is so far forward on the tongue.
