Can you check my weight numbers please
Thanks again for all the help I've gotten as we try to find the right TT for us! I wondered if someone could look over our numbers. All info was taken directly from the car or the Ford Towing guide....
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mlayton wrote:
so what should we do to weigh it - just load the car portion like we are going camping - kids, dogs gas & stuff??? Then is it just the whole car or do you then just weigh the front tires and then the same for the back??
Just trying to get this right since in all the reading and number pulling - we realized many people are probably towing beyond the TV recommendations because you must take ALL the numbers into account and be sure not to exceed any of them. Per the Ford Tow guide, you have to account for the weakest link in the chain. Just because you are rated to tow 8700#, doesn't mean you actually can tow it safely. We were actually a little surprised. Even the payload amounts - man, 4 big guys heading out on a fishing trip could tip that payload number once you account for the hitch. Just was a little shocking.
When I owned a business that used vans for hauling equipment I would run into this all the time. After some math we needed E250's just to scrape by. We would fill up the gas tank and get them weighed fully loaded too. There are no 5 lug cars or trucks with a GVWR much over 6000#, so its pretty easy to spot other things on the road over the limit too.
On holiday weekdends at the local campground I'll guess a full half of the TTs are over.
It would be easier to load it all up and weigh it, but if you cannot you can get close enough with a bahtroom scale after you have vehicle weight.
