Can I Please Get a Towing Reality Check?
TV: 2010 F150 Screw, 145" bed, 4.6 3v, 3.55, tow pkg, curb 5167, GVWR 6900, payload 1680, GCWR 14,900, max trailer wt 9400. Proposed TT: Salem Hemisphere 282RK, dry wt 6740, hitch 700. My calcul...
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Teamfour wrote:bimbert84 wrote:
I'm not sure where you got your calculations, but I'd be very surprised if a 6740 dry trailer scaled at only 7700. My guess is it'll be closer to 8500.
For reference, my trailer's dry weight is listed at 5800, but the scale says 7500.
-- Rob
Thanks. I was going by our previous experience with a Springdale 266RLS. The dry was 5800 and we scaled at 6700, so I was adding about a 1000 to the dry weight.
Is it a new TT, and if it is new or near new. It will have a Yellow sticker telling you exactly what the trailer weighes sitting on the lot, as it left the factory, including Battery, and empty propane tanks And adding 1000 lbs to that is a pretty safe estimate. So there is no reason a yellow stickered dry weight of 6700 should turn into more than 7700. Not every one loads their TT to the max. The average is actually less than 1000lbs. Made that high because of those who are married to Lucy, and let her collect rocks
Thar being said. That is still a lot of weight for your Truck.
