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Kuwanger23 wrote:
So tongue weight of the trailer is 555lbs. The people will be no more than 500lbs at most. So that puts us around 1000lbs of the 1500lbs allowed. Is that correct?
I mean aren't you carrying everything in your trailer? So the only weight is people plus a couple items here and there no?
Nope.
Payload includes a tank of gas as well as any other rubbish you elect to haul along. The kid's books and toys, his car seat, maps and candy bars. The tank of gas is going to take 20 gallons at 7.5 lbs per gallon, call it 150 lbs. You will find you are a lot closer to maxed out on payload than you think.
But hey, welcome to the forum, and hope we can be of help to you here. (Remember the old joke about politicians as well as salesmen: "how can you tell if a politician/salesman is lying? His lips are moving."
Prowl around here and you will find many instances of salesmen telling folks with light trucks they can haul impossible loads. There are legions of folks with 1/2 ton pickups who've been sold 40+ foot monstrosities their truck can barely drag off the lot. And many more who discover they've bought too big a trailer the first time they try to climb a hill, and overheat on the way up in spite of cresting at dangerously slow speeds on the Interstate.
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