How rigid is payload number
OK the Mrs and I have chosen a TT, Rockwood 8311SS. It is within my tow limit, the question I have is the payload number. How critical is it to be below your payload number? I have a Ram 1500, w...
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I like Icanon's suggestion, if your TV is overloaded with stuff see if you can move 300 lbs. of that stuff to the TT.
My TT weights just under 5000 lbs. dry, I weighed everything I loaded and added a bit over 1000 lbs. My TT is rated for a max cargo of 2200 lbs. so it still has some cargo capacity left. It pulls just fine with my E-Boost F-150.
You will see many posts where people routinely over load their ½ tons vehicles and if you farm or work construction you will know this to be true. They are willing to tolerate the increased wear and tear.
However, these people are usually not towing their family or going long distances on the interstate.
In reality you probably will not notice a 300# change while towing, even if you could leave some of the stuff home. You can get a 300 lb. weight change during you trips depending on how much gas is in your TV tank and how full your TT fresh, grey and black water tanks are.
However, you cannot escape the fact that with your present load distribution you are over the TV design limit and adding to the normal TV wear and tear. Only you can decide whether ride, handling, and overall performance of your TV and TT combination is acceptable to you; often that decision come after a trip of two.
My TT weights just under 5000 lbs. dry, I weighed everything I loaded and added a bit over 1000 lbs. My TT is rated for a max cargo of 2200 lbs. so it still has some cargo capacity left. It pulls just fine with my E-Boost F-150.
You will see many posts where people routinely over load their ½ tons vehicles and if you farm or work construction you will know this to be true. They are willing to tolerate the increased wear and tear.
However, these people are usually not towing their family or going long distances on the interstate.
In reality you probably will not notice a 300# change while towing, even if you could leave some of the stuff home. You can get a 300 lb. weight change during you trips depending on how much gas is in your TV tank and how full your TT fresh, grey and black water tanks are.
However, you cannot escape the fact that with your present load distribution you are over the TV design limit and adding to the normal TV wear and tear. Only you can decide whether ride, handling, and overall performance of your TV and TT combination is acceptable to you; often that decision come after a trip of two.
