How to determine hitch weight capacity
...when nothing in the door-post or the manual even mentions it? We know the hitch-weight of our TT, but when shopping for a TV, how can you know the maximum hitch weight it can take? There's no...
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MargaretB wrote:
Not one single owner's manual we've checked - on every truck we've driven - has even mentioned a hitch weight in any context. I've looked under Towing, Hitch,Tongue, Kingpin, and Weights. Nothing in any of them. Did I miss another term?
The trucks hitch weight capacity won't be in the owners manual as the manual for a F150 Ford (example) is generic for all that particular year model F150 trucks.
I don't know of any truck manufacturer that give a "hitch weight" capacity for a particular truck.....just payload capacity.
As others have said the truck maker may install a receiver type hitch with its own max capacity (load and pull) but it has nothing to do with the trucks payload.
A hitch load is just part of the load placed on the truck.
