Newbie: Towing TT w/ 2008 Toyota Sequoia
The camping bug bit my wife over the summer so we decided to attend the RV Expo in Boston over the past weekend. She fell in love with the 2018 Rockwood 2706WS and after two days of looking at smaller...
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stevevalwa wrote:
The only thing I think I can do with the Sequoia at this point is tow it home dry/empty.
No that's not the ONLY thing you can do....get it home, pack it up, and then run it up to the closest scale. Look for a CAT Scale, or a local moving company or recycler. Heck, our town dump has 2 scales, they weight you on the way in, weigh you on the way out, and charge you by the ton....
Take 3 weights as I mentioned (still weight the Sequoia by itself so you can calculate tongue weight).
Scale weights get you out of spreadsheet land where assumptions are required and into the real world. As I said, it's not just what you bring, but where you put it in the trailer, that will affect tongue weight.
Weight added behind the TT axles lightens the tongue...you are looking at worst case by all the weight added by batteries, hitch, and propane...also consider what may be lightening the hitch. the situation may not be as bad as it seems...or it could be worse...
See where the fresh water tank is...if the tank is behind the TT axles, you will actually lighten the tongue by adding water, even though the trailer will weigh more. As I said, don't make assumptions, get the trailer and weigh it.
Once you have good numbers, then you can shop in the know for a new truck. WORST thing you can do at this point is buy a new truck before you weigh the trailer, and then wind up buying a new truck that's STILL under-rated because your assumptions were wrong.
intheburbs wrote:
BTW, my 2500 Burb is maxed out with a trailer weighing 8600 lbs
That's because you only have the 3.73 axle :B
