How heavy of a trailer can I get?
OK so I just posted another topic about my payload but after the help of others, I figured out that with everyone in the vehicle (including another child down the road) and our gas tank full we are le...
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Shorteelaw wrote:bguy wrote:
900 is 15% of 6000. You may find trailers with a more favourable tongue weight ratio allowing for higher GVWR. You will need to shop tongue weights as well as trailer weight. Guess what; those numbers will be just as tricky as your payload figures.
That's precisely what is confusing me on this. I have found trailers that have a dry hitch weight (yes I am aware that the dry hitch weight will be higher once it is loaded) of 9.5% and others that are 11.5%... none that are 15. So I'm confused on why everyone is saying 15%. Perhaps it happens to be the make/series of TT we are looking at?
No, it is because you should be loading toward the front of the trailer, to keep the tongue weight. Be aware that these calculations depend on various peoples opinions, not proven bright-line effects. It's not like 100 lbs is guaranteed safe and 101 lbs instantly breaks.
