donn0128 wrote:
How many people can "estimate" the stuff they load into their RV within 500 pounds? Darn few. I see nothing wrong to take a trailers GVWR as your starting point. While is may be unlikely that a person will hit the GVWR ( but I do) trying to guess how much your stuff weighs is going to make a person crazy.
It just astounds me how many people come on here and ask "do I have enough truck"? Versus how many come on and ask "do I have too much truck"?
While GAWR,RAWR,FAWR numbers are nice to know, they are for one single component, not the entire package. That number is the GVWR and is placed on the complete assembly by the assembler (manufacturer). It is their sole responsibility to place that number and to certify to the Federal Government that said vehicle will perform safely up that number. It is not the axle manufacturers responsibility to do that, nor is it the tire manufacturers responsibility.
To me your post is a lot of smoke and mirrors designed to help people justify overloading their TV instead of addressing the real issue and having the correct tool for the job.
I did, and hit it pretty well on the head. I listened to the salesman that had been selling TT for more than 20 years. I bought a TT with a dry weight of 4975lb, Because I knew I could tow it, AFTER I added my stuff. I loaded it, and took it to the scales. I in reality added 650lbs. So for me the GVWR of the TT is a fantasy number. My new TT has a dry yellow sticker weight of 4811lbs, and a GVWR of 7200lb. IF I had went by the GVWR, my truck couldn't tow it. But as the TT will NEVER, EVER come even close to it's GVWR. My truck tows the 5900lb loaded TT with ease. So I don't have a problem estimating what I will add to the TT. So for me. The GVWR of the TT is a useless number, Unless it is really low.
