Huge discrepancies

jerem0621 wrote:

Bingo!!!!

My next truck will likely be a half ton SUV like a Suburban or and Expedition or Sequoia

Next trailer will likely be an Ultralight bunkhouse with 700-900 lbs of tongue weight. I've got tons of experience towing and loading heavy... No worries there. I will exceed the silly payload stickers recommendation of 36 PSI and air my tires up to the MAX PSI on the sidewall of the tire... I'll then look at the tire max load capacity at full psi and multiply times 4....that will give me the load my tires can physically handle...then I will look at my axle ratings... These will probably sum to 1000 or more lbs less than my tire capacity. That's okay... Time to load up the family and gas up the SUV and hit the scale... Boom. How much weight am I under the sum of the axles? How about the FAWR and the RAWR?

That's the numbers I want to know...that's my real payload... Not the payload at a low grocery getting PSI in my tires.

Now, I will concentrate on my trailer selection, tongue weight, weight distribution... Etc... Then if I am not satisfied with how MY RIG handles I'll look at other cheap mods (Timbrens, air bags, etc etc) to improve handling if I have too, but I really doubt I will.

on a side note....

Margaret, have you invested in a tongue weight scale? It's a with while investment. I think it's called a Sherline scale....super easy to use and you can check your tongue weight before every trip to make sure you are 10 plus % on your tongue weight..

Thanks!

Jeremiah

Good post! The Sequoia is a capable vehicle. The low psi numbers on the sticker are not good when towing; tires should be aired up to the max printed on their sidewalls for such a task as this. (Not that you can get a tire shop in CA to cooperate with this, thanks to the statutory situation.)