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Nabstar
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Mar 22, 2019

Question about towing capacity for a 2019 dodge Durango rt

Hi everyone, We just bought a Durango that comes with a 5.7 l v8 hemi and a towing package that can tow 7200lbs. We are looking at buying our first trailer and the one we are looking at weights ...
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Huntindog
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Mar 22, 2019
Nabstar wrote:
toedtoes wrote:
I agree that payload is your limiting factor. Just off the dry weight, your tongue weight will be more than 689lbs. That comes out of your payload of 1300lbs. Leaving you with less than 611lbs for the additional weight of the tongue, passengers, and cargo in the vehicle.


I was looking at a equalizer hitch to reduce the amount of tounge weight also

It doesn't work that way. The TW does not go away with WD. So for the purpose of figuring out your max tow, it is not a factor... In fact, the weight of the WD (about 100#) will count against your payload as well.

Using what you have stated so far.... 1300 payload subtract 500 for passengers and 100 for WD, leaves you with 700 for TW.
At 13% that means a 5400 GVW TT

For many reasons I prefer to use 15% for TW. That would mean a TT with a GVW of 4700#

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