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mdrobinette
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Oct 01, 2014

Newbie question: What SUV/truck - based on desired RV

Hi, My wife and I plan to get into the RVing scene within the next couple of years. An opportunity has come up that we need to purchase a new vehicle now. I'd like to go ahead and purchase one that...
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fx2tom
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Oct 02, 2014
You are looking at the 30WKFSS, right? The dry weight is 7,038, CCC is 1,512 so you might as well use that combined weight, 8,550.

8,550 x .13 = 1,111 lbs of tongue weight. I don't know of any new SUV on the market that can handle that plus passengers. I'd look at a 3/4 - 1 ton truck (2500 - 3500) for that kind of weight.

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