SoonerWing03 wrote:
So I probably need to find a trailer closer to 6000 GVWR then to be safe?
6000 x .13 = 780 lbs tongue weight.
780 + 80 (wd hitch) = 860 lbs
1588-860 = 728 lbs.
Currently the weight of my family is ~610. Even then there isn't much wiggle room for growth with 3 boys ages 8, 11, 14.
But if I am understanding this properly, at least I have a better feel for what I should be looking for.
Is this an unusual way of doing the math? Shouldn't trailer GVWR be a searching option then?
It absolutely should be! Unfortunately the whole industry is geared towards sales and the cold hard reality of payload capacity in half ton vehicles is an inconvenient fact that might get in the way of lining up the next sucker to push out the door. For absolute proof of this see "half ton towable" 5th wheels that can only be maybe towed by a max payload HD F150 which you can't even buy as a normal consumer (HD is fleet only).
