GVWR vs. dry weight

Heck, we could pile all the Killer's possessions right out here on the back sidewalk and they wouldn't amount to much more than 2000 pounds, so there's no way on God's good green Earth we're going to carry 2100 pounds in a travel trailer. I'm right, right? (Please tell me I am). I'm thinking I'm in the 5200 dry range,I'm going to load up maybe a thousand, and at 6300 or so I should be good to go with that Ford. Please tell me what you think folks, because the money is in the pocket burning a hole and my next series of posts will be along the lines of "what the hell am I doing wrong?"

LOL.... your looking in the right direction. I never worried how much others say they load in their trailers. One size don't fit all as there are too many variables.

I pulled for a living non rv trailers so knowing how much a empty trailer axles weighed vs its GVWR was required. Knowing all actual trailer/truck axle loads was part of every day life.

I've owned three truck camper up to a 3840 lb 10' 6"...a 24' TT for 3 months....and three different 5th wheel rv trailers up to 32'. I had each and every actual scaled axle weight for all my trucks and trailers out of habit.
The most the wife and I (2 kids) added to any of the 3 TC was around 820 lbs scaled weight.

The most we ever loaded in our current 32' 5th wheel trailer was at 1180 lbs per actual road ready scaled weight before and after.

I doubt any one reported adding 2000 lb of "STUFF" in a trailer your size has actually weighed before and after.

So what if the trailer weighs a actual 7xxx lbs. With a 20xx lb payload and a 9xxx lb tow rating and the 5.0 engine the truck will do fine.
The last LDT I had in commercial service ran for just over 280k miles before nickle and dime mechanical issues started showing up.....and operated at 30k gross combined.
Pulling a rv trailer a few few time a year well under the trucks numbers won't hurt the truck any. JMO....Jim