Clarification on tow capacity
If a vehicle says it's tow capacity is 9,000 lbs what does that 9,000 pounds include? Obviously the TT plus whatever we have in it and the water in it... But what else?
Forum Discussion
Start with payload.
Find vehicle with sufficient payload to cover
- Driver and passengers
- Cargo carried in vehicle
- WD hitch
- TT loaded tongue wright
IIRC from your other thread you are looking at a 6800 lbs published dry weight TT. That will easily become 8000 lbs once options are considered plus the gear you load. An 8000 TT will easily have a 1000+ lb tongue weight. Tongue weight should be 13-15% of loaded TT weight.
I estimate you will need a tow vehicle that has enough cargo carrying capacity to haul...
- passenger ~300lbs
- cargo ~200lbs (firewood, kid car seats, pets, etc)
- WD Hitch ~70lbs
- Tongue Weight ~1050llbs
Total required tow vehicle cargo capacity ~1620. If my weights are close (obviously I don't know you families weight) you might find a 150/1500 series to meet thus but I think a 250/2500 would be money better spent.
Do this same exercise I did but use actual weights and see where it leaves you.
This is only hard when you are trying to use the weights to justify an under equipped TV. If you do the math with real values and accept the out come it is very easy. Where the problem starts is when you come up with a result you font like and start to justify another vehicle for one reason or another.
Find vehicle with sufficient payload to cover
- Driver and passengers
- Cargo carried in vehicle
- WD hitch
- TT loaded tongue wright
IIRC from your other thread you are looking at a 6800 lbs published dry weight TT. That will easily become 8000 lbs once options are considered plus the gear you load. An 8000 TT will easily have a 1000+ lb tongue weight. Tongue weight should be 13-15% of loaded TT weight.
I estimate you will need a tow vehicle that has enough cargo carrying capacity to haul...
- passenger ~300lbs
- cargo ~200lbs (firewood, kid car seats, pets, etc)
- WD Hitch ~70lbs
- Tongue Weight ~1050llbs
Total required tow vehicle cargo capacity ~1620. If my weights are close (obviously I don't know you families weight) you might find a 150/1500 series to meet thus but I think a 250/2500 would be money better spent.
Do this same exercise I did but use actual weights and see where it leaves you.
This is only hard when you are trying to use the weights to justify an under equipped TV. If you do the math with real values and accept the out come it is very easy. Where the problem starts is when you come up with a result you font like and start to justify another vehicle for one reason or another.
