Dry weight vs. ready to go weight.
For the newbies who are TT hunting this may be of some use. The dry weight on my 25 ft. Dutchman is listed at 5004 lbs. Tongue weight is said to be 462 lbs. (about 9%) Twice I weighed my rig wi...
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SoundGuy wrote:It is NEVER a horrendous mistake to have more truck than you need... It can be if you have less truck than you need.Campfire Time wrote:
While I agree that people can load different amounts of weight, by using the GVWR as a guide you will never be wrong on sizing your tow vehicle.
Of course you can! :( Rigs spec'd with so much CCC that very few would actually use could convince one it's necessary to go up a category in tow vehicle, say 3/4 ton instead of 1/2 ton, when in fact it wouldn't be required at all with a reasonable cargo load. If a trailer's GVW, loaded and ready to camp, is comfortably within it's GVWR then fine, use the GVWR as a worse case scenario, but if GVW with a practical load is several thousand pounds below GVWR then it would be a horrendous mistake to use GVWR as a guide in determining which tow vehicle category would be necessary to safely tow that particular trailer. Good grief, no wonder so many newbies find the subject safe towing so confusing! :S
These are guidelines, Not absolutes. Most newbies have a lot to absorb when getting into this... The numbers probably are not really understood by many.. GVW is a simple number that will keep one from making a big mistake... And if you are one of the few lucky ones that happen to have a lot of CC... Be thankfull. Most TTs are not that way. Therefore the guideline is a good one.
As for those that profess to know exactly how much weight thay will load... I find that hard to believe. My weight varies a LOT. Depends on just what activity I am doing, and how long. I just returned from a remote 21 day Boondocking/hunting trip.... I was very HEAVY. A quick dog trial weekend will have me a lot lighter..
I guess if all one ever does is sit around a campfire, then they may have an idea of what they will weigh... I rarely have time for a campfire.
