I hope I'm barking up the right tree
I have never owned a TT before, although in a previous life I pulled a two-horse trailer all over the Northeast. I was young and carefree back then, never gave towing much thought - just hitch and go....
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2012Coleman wrote:
I googled payload for your TV and got 1,052 to 1,267 lbs.
Gross weight for your chosen TT is 4000 so 4000 * 13% = 520
520 + 100 lbs for wdh setup is 620
Taking the high number, 1267 - 620 = 647 lbs for people, pets, cargo and full tank of gas.
I'd be interested in knowing the number from the door jamb sticker that states weight of cargo and occupants not to exceed xxxx lbs.
My number is 1218 lbs., and the little yellow handwritten sticker under that says to reduce that number by 192 lbs. So is that saying my payload total is about 1020 lbs.? Something I don't understand about the posted weight of a trailer: the Sonic is listed on the sticker on the trailer at 3200 lbs. dry, GVWR 4000 lbs., with a dry hitch weight of 290 lbs. (I typed 250 lbs. accidentally in my initial post). If I assume the tongue weight of the trailer will be 13% of the loaded weight - in this case 520 lbs. at 4000 GVWR - why are some trailers listed at 410 lbs. dry tongue weight and others at less (or more)? What does dry tongue weight have to do with anything if the tongue weight will always be 13% (approximately) of the max trailer weight? Why publish a tongue weight at all if it's always just loaded trailer X 13%?
