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?
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NevadaMom wrote:
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I have a 2012 Toyota Sequoia 4.7L with a GVWR of 7300 lbs. I have six teenage boys (plus one little boy), which I know will obviously impact the overall weight.
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Do all of you travel in that Toyota? If so, I suspect that with Six teenagers, One Mom and One child, that Toyota is already filled to its capacity. And adding a trailer's tongue weight will cause it to exceed its GVWR of 7300.
But that depends upon how heavy everybody is. Add up all your weights and compare that to the Toyota's payload on the doorjamb yellow sticker.
Or take two cars.
And trailer lengths are variable. Some just report the length of the box and, as mentioned, you have to add the length of the A-Frame. Others report the actual length from hitch to bumper. It depends.
