Brand New - looking for advice
First of all - this forum is great and exactly what I have been looking for to get started. I am finally ready to dive in and purchase a trailer...but need lots of advice as its all new to me. I ha...
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So now you ask what can I tow? Well load your explorer like you would to go camping with all passengers, pets and gear that will be in it when towing plus a full tank of fuel and ho weigh it. You can go to www.catscale.com for a local truck scale or try the local dump or feed store for a scale. Take the scaled weight and subtract it from the gcwr to get your adjusted towing capacity. Take the scaled weight and subtract it from your tv gvwr to get your available payload. The tongue weight of the tt must be accounted for in your payload. The final thing to check is your hitch ratings. And remember the salesman will tell you can tow that no problem even if it is a 6000 lb dry trailer and you have a tv rated for 5000 lbs. Don't trust the salesman, do your own research. Best of luck to you.
