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SoDakKid
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Aug 04, 2020

Help A Newbie! what weight RV's should I be shopping for!?

Hello everyone! The wife has pretty much convinced me that we need a camper.... I have read a bunch on-line about figuring out towing weights, but I don't know enough about trucks to be able to fig...
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bikendan
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Aug 04, 2020
SoDakKid wrote:
fx2tom wrote:
What does the yellow sticker say inside your driver door jamb. Should say something like "Weight of cargo and passengers should not exceed ___ lbs".


Thanks for the quick responses! yellow sticker says 1486 lbs... I assume that is passengers/cargo and tounge weight total?


That is all you have for driver, passengers, WDH, truck cargo and LOADED tongue weight. You can use 12%-13% of the trailer's GVWR for a ballpark loaded tongue weight.

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