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Down sizing from 40` Class A DP, may be trading it in actually, on a 2013 Sun Valley by Evergreen model S29RBK. Dry weight 6250lbs, tongue weight 790lbs and max weight 8600 lbs. My tow vehicle is a 07...
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Flyboy320 wrote:
Thanks for all the replies and info folks. keep em coming!
Internet search on "payload" brought this up...
"The 1500 4x4 Laramie luxury trim, also only available with the 5.7-liter Hemi V-8, achieves a maximum towing rating of 9,800 lbs. and a maximum payload of 1,280 lbs."
With this info it becomes very evident that when you add fuel, etc to the truck, stuff in the bed of the truck and any stuff in the trailer that the useful payload can easily be exceeded.
Thoughts?
1280 lbs payload will go away very fast. WD hitch and sway control will eat 100 lbs.
Average load we campers put in our trailers (dishes, bedding, chairs, BBQ, fishing gear, etc) is about 1200 lbs. That 6250 lb trailer would become at least 7500 lbs. Average tongue weight for 7500 lb trailer is 900 lbs. Take that away from 1180, and you have 280 lbs left for driver, passengers, and cargo in truck bed.
I looked at towing guide on Dodge.com. It showed max towing capacity at 8500 lbs and 1362 payload.
