Newbie here with a towing question
Please be patient with me as I'm certain these questions has been asked before. My wife and I are looking to purchase a Prowler 240rb this summer. The listed weight is just under 5000 lbs. Our tru...
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what are you having trouble with. the math doesn't lie. post the door sticker of your truck and give us a realistic weight of your family and great to go in the truck and we will help you out. I cant stress enough that a trailer with a gvwr of 5k will have more tongue weight than you are allowing. 15% of 5000 is 750 lbs.
ill go with jebby on that.
my camper ad weight was 4880 dry weight 7000 gvw. tongue weight 542
this was full tank gas 34 gallons and me in truck only200 lbs, bed empty,and trailer with basics. 2 full propane tanks, and two 12v batts. with 3 cat scale passes I ended up at
740 lbs tongue weight 14%
front restored to with in 140 lbs
I have full washers to tilt head back and links on chains that bars are parallel.
trailer weight 5300 ( only 420 lbs loaded in trailer)
This was my base line.
Im sure when I took the 3 month trip with 4 in the truck, full bed of stuff, generator, bikes, compressor, solar panels, 4 crates of stuff, tools,
and in the camper, food, 3 bins of clothes under bed, 50 gallon fresh water ( over camper axles) , more tools etc etc
I WAS RUNNING HEAVY!!!!!
