Contradicting Tow Vehicle Advise
First off, I'm a newbie here and something of a newbie at RVing so apologies in advance for any transgressions. A brief history: We started with a used 2004 Caravan Micro-Lite and a 2002 Nissan Pat...
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OK to see what any vehicle can tow look at the post in the driver's door. There will be a sticker showing you what it can tow and more importantly what the payload/carry capacity is. You've already learned a hard lesson: salesmen will say anything to get you to sign that contract.
Now knowing the payload you can find the tongue weight of that trailer. There should be a sticker, often inside one of the kitchen cabinets showing that and the max weight of the trailer. If it doesn't show the tongue weight multiply the max weight by 0.15 (that's 15%) and come up with a number.
Take that number add the weight of everything you'll carry in the TV: driver, passengers, dog, luggage and anything else plus the weight of your hitch. If that number is more than the payload weight for the TV then it's a no go.
You can also check to be sure that the max weight of the trailer is comfortably less than the max tow weight of your TV.
This is all best done by weighing the TV + the TT at a truck scales but this will give you a good ballpark idea of whether it will work or not.
Now knowing the payload you can find the tongue weight of that trailer. There should be a sticker, often inside one of the kitchen cabinets showing that and the max weight of the trailer. If it doesn't show the tongue weight multiply the max weight by 0.15 (that's 15%) and come up with a number.
Take that number add the weight of everything you'll carry in the TV: driver, passengers, dog, luggage and anything else plus the weight of your hitch. If that number is more than the payload weight for the TV then it's a no go.
You can also check to be sure that the max weight of the trailer is comfortably less than the max tow weight of your TV.
This is all best done by weighing the TV + the TT at a truck scales but this will give you a good ballpark idea of whether it will work or not.
