Expedition Towing

akblackfoot wrote:

krobbe wrote:
The goal for stable TT towing is a tongue weight of 12 to 15% of fully loaded weight. Just looking at your DRY hitch weight(740#) and shipping weight(5774#)((740/5774)*100), the hitch weight is at 12.8%. Now fill the propane tanks, front pass thru storage, under bed storage, and (some)water in the tank. The tongue weight will get proportionally heavier. Lets say you add 1500# of stuff into the trailer. You'll end up about 7200# with a tongue weight of 940# to 1100#. That 1100# + hitch(100#) + passenger/cargo(?#) goes against the payload of your truck. You very likely be over on the Exp payload.
My 3/4 ton Suburban can handle these weights just fine, but I've upgraded the hitch receiver with a class 5 and my payload is quite a bit higher than the Exp.
Very similar to your TT, the tongue weight started life out at 800# of a dry weight 5700# and ends up at 1100 to 1200# of 7200# loaded ready to pull out. That's with 10 gal water in the tank and a 2nd battery.
No judgement here. Just my real world numbers.

Again, this just doesn't jive with any official publication I can find. Everything I can find says the hitch weight is listed as the hitch weight when loaded to the maximum GVW, NOT the dry hitch weight.

Sorry. The hitch weight on a spec sheet is the trailer without anything in it. The hitch weight Will go up when you add cargo in front of the axles. The further you load to the front(where much of the storage area is), the more of that weight goes on the hitch. (Simple lever effect)
You can choose not to believe my experience. But do so at your own expense when you'll be looking for a more capable tow vehicle in a few months.