BeerBrewer wrote:
The heaviest trailer we are looking at is the Grand Design Imagine 2600RB. According to the maker the weight numbers for it are as follows:
UVW = 5,625 lbs ( I know not a real useful number)
GVWR = 7,495 lbs
Tongue Weight = 594 lbs (I think the number will closer to 900 lbs when loaded)
Since the payload on the truck is 1780 that leaves 880 lbs (1780 - 900 = 880) for passengers (me and my wife), fuel and some cargo. Now I agree thats not a ton of extra capacity, but we should be able to manage it. Correct?
mlh....I still have not totally ruled out a 250/2500 even though I'd have to register it as a commercial vehicle. The fact that I couldn't use most of the freeways on Long Island makes it a hard sell. So if I can safely tow the trailer we want with a 1/2 ton truck I have to seriously consider it. What rear end was in the truck that you traded in?
I would have no qualms towing that with my half ton. But it would only be me, wife, and couple hundred pounds of other stuff in the truck.
