Buying a TT

GrandpaKip wrote:
Forget the dry weight. Not particularly accurate and not particularly useful. Ditto with the tow rating. It’s not useful for pulling a big box through the air.
Use the gross weight of the trailer. Take 13% of that for an idea of max tongue weight and add 100 pounds for a WDH.
Find the payload sticker on the driver’s door jamb.
Then do the math.

X2 - looked up the specs for your intended TT: UVW 5956 + CCC 1724 * .013 = a tongue weight of 960 lbs.

Sure, you may not load 1724 lbs of stuff, but if your calculating instead of getting actual weights, that's the way to go. So wack off 960 lbs of payload from the start. Add another 100 for the WDH, add the weight of the occupants of the cab, and then the stuff your most likely going to put in the bed. Does your hitch receiver have a rating sticker? Did you look at the sticker in the drivers side door jamb that says weight of cargo and passengers not to exceed xxxx lbs? What is that number?

Airbags don't increase payload,