Noob Request Assistance!
Greetings all! I have decided to take the plunge into getting involved in camping with a travel trailer. My family and I spend too much time on the interweb and I think we need to get the hell out...
Forum Discussion
geekyguru wrote:
U are right. I just checked the sticker and it says 1088. Frig I have the 8spd and no air
The 8 spd makes up for a lot even if you have a lower axle ratio because of the taller gearing over the 6spd. Now with a wdh hitch approx 80% of the tongue weight is actually on the tv the other 20% is transferred to the tt.
To stay under all manufacture weight ratings you're going to be looking for a trailer thats loaded at 5000-6000lbs. By no means am i recomemding this but you can easily exceed gvwr while staying within axle weight ratings. This is where manufactures differ as some have a gvwr very close to combined gross axle weight ratings and others have gvwr further away from combined gross axle weight ratings (cgawr). To have a safe comfortable drive while towing you will want to stay in this range
I believe and this is my opinion but Dodge has gvwr further away from combined axle weight ratings than ford and chevy. Chevy plays in the middle and ford gets pretty close to combined axle weight ratings.
My truck has gvwr of 6700lbs while a cgawr of 7800lbs thats a 1100lb difference. A ford f150 with the ecoboost can have a gvwr of 7650 but only a cgawr of 7800lbs thats a 150lb difference. This is where many people differ on opinions and get into its the cooling brakes and suspension that makes up these differences. I feel these come into affect with other weight ratings but not gvwr. gvwr is a manufacture number not a something is going to break at this number and above.
