Real world numbers
Hello all! My wife and I are thinking of towing a Cherokee 274VFK with my F250 (CC, 6.2 gas, 4WD, 3:73). The 274VFK is 7695 dry (at the dealer)/ 11,237 GVWR which is under the rated 12,000 of the F 25...
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mbopp wrote:I have to disagree, it all depends. My first trailer came in exactly 8 lbs over the brochure dry weight. My brand new trailer is 70 lbs over the brochure dry weight. So your 400 lbs would be way off in both cases. But all you have to do is check the sticker on the TT on the lot and you can have real world numbers instead of seat of the pants guesses.
Figure the actual dry weight will be 400# over the brochure weight, and that you'll add 1000# of gear. The only questions are what the tongue weight is and the payload on the F250.
