How do you determine hitch weight?
And what do you do if the mfr's. website says one thing and the dealers say another? Most dealers won't let you drive to a scale to determine the correct weights.
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Dealers don't normally install batteries, propane, and some dealer installed accessories, until the unit is sold. If they let you weigh it before the sale, it would only be accurate until they prep it for delivery. Then it will go up.
Most likely, the closest estimate would be 12.5% of unloaded weight. However, even that will go out the window, when the buyer loads it up.
It would be impossible for anyone to give you an accurate loaded hitch weight. Only you will know what you are going to load, only you will know how it is loaded.
If you would like to have exact weights, while the unit sits on a dealer lot, when the units leaves the dealer lot, and after you load it up, you would need to purchase a tongue weight scale and bring it, with associated jacks and blocking, along on your shopping trip. You would still need to satisfy any liability issues, and convince the dealer to allow you to do the weighing.
For towing purposes, unloaded hitch weight has little value.
Most likely, the closest estimate would be 12.5% of unloaded weight. However, even that will go out the window, when the buyer loads it up.
It would be impossible for anyone to give you an accurate loaded hitch weight. Only you will know what you are going to load, only you will know how it is loaded.
If you would like to have exact weights, while the unit sits on a dealer lot, when the units leaves the dealer lot, and after you load it up, you would need to purchase a tongue weight scale and bring it, with associated jacks and blocking, along on your shopping trip. You would still need to satisfy any liability issues, and convince the dealer to allow you to do the weighing.
For towing purposes, unloaded hitch weight has little value.
