Newbie Ques for hitch selection
Hi All, Newbie to the forum and newbie to RVing. Following is my future rig. Have bought the tow vehicle and have zeroed-in on the trailer but not yet purchased. Tow vehicle is 2012 Acura MDX...
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Thank You everyone for your responses.
I did make a mistake when I didn’t properly qualify a number. What I mentioned as vehicle weight is not the curb weight, it was GVWR, which is indeed 6000 lbs (5952 to be precise). The curb weight as rightly pointed out above is 4600 lbs.
Some clarifications regarding the trailer. In unloaded state, the hitch weight (or tongue weight is 11% 369/3318). Rated towing capacity is 5000 lbs with 500 lbs tongue weight. The SUV is rated for full 5000 lbs towing capacity with 2 adult occupants.
I will never have more than two adults including driver in the car while towing and except for propane, battery and some water I will have minimal cargo. Someone estimated 200 lbs of food. This trailer doesn’t even have space to store that much food. At most we’ll have 50 lbs food and 50 lbs of other interior cargo like bedsheets, pillows, clothes. Total cargo would never exceed 200 lbs. It’s not hard for me to calculate that and stick to it.
Now back to my original question. Given this setup, does WDH help with sway and stability?
I went through the manual and didn’t find anything.
I did make a mistake when I didn’t properly qualify a number. What I mentioned as vehicle weight is not the curb weight, it was GVWR, which is indeed 6000 lbs (5952 to be precise). The curb weight as rightly pointed out above is 4600 lbs.
Some clarifications regarding the trailer. In unloaded state, the hitch weight (or tongue weight is 11% 369/3318). Rated towing capacity is 5000 lbs with 500 lbs tongue weight. The SUV is rated for full 5000 lbs towing capacity with 2 adult occupants.
I will never have more than two adults including driver in the car while towing and except for propane, battery and some water I will have minimal cargo. Someone estimated 200 lbs of food. This trailer doesn’t even have space to store that much food. At most we’ll have 50 lbs food and 50 lbs of other interior cargo like bedsheets, pillows, clothes. Total cargo would never exceed 200 lbs. It’s not hard for me to calculate that and stick to it.
Now back to my original question. Given this setup, does WDH help with sway and stability?
I went through the manual and didn’t find anything.
