RV selection help
My wife and I will be brand new to rv camping, we grew up on tent camping but now that we have the ability to buy an rv we are excited about the obvious amenities over tent camping. The bulk of our...
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For instance, when you look at the forest river salem hemisphere 263rl travel trailer it has a GVWR of 9,443 which is way over the quoted 3,600 that we calculated.
However this model only has a hitch weight of 643 lbs.
So going back to my payload numbers
1,375 minus 107 (dealer add on) minus 100 (weight distribution hitch) = 1,168 minus 643 (rv weight hitch) = 525.
This means I have 525 pounds left in payload. So, im 280 pounds once you subtract me out that leaves me with 245 pounds. Basically I could have one more person riding with me and small amounts of cargo and that’s it (I can have other folks follow me in a separate vehicle if need be)
So…according to the above calculations I could have myself + one person in the car with me and still be able to safely tow the salem hemisphere 263rl with a GVWR of 9,443
However, if we used your calculations then this would mean I could only tow this…
1,375 pounds minus 107 (dealer add on) minus 100 (weight distribution hitch) minus 525 pounds (weight of myself and one other passenger) = 643 pounds this is the weight of the hitch of that travel trailer.
However, based on how your formula is created I need to do 643 pounds / 0.13 = 4,946 pounds
So, on your formula I can only tow 4,946 pounds of GVWR of a travel trailer.
However, based on the numbers I can to the salem 263rl with a GVWR of 9,443
What am I missing?
For towing my understanding is you must stay under the payload and you must stay under the tow rating.
However this model only has a hitch weight of 643 lbs.
So going back to my payload numbers
1,375 minus 107 (dealer add on) minus 100 (weight distribution hitch) = 1,168 minus 643 (rv weight hitch) = 525.
This means I have 525 pounds left in payload. So, im 280 pounds once you subtract me out that leaves me with 245 pounds. Basically I could have one more person riding with me and small amounts of cargo and that’s it (I can have other folks follow me in a separate vehicle if need be)
So…according to the above calculations I could have myself + one person in the car with me and still be able to safely tow the salem hemisphere 263rl with a GVWR of 9,443
However, if we used your calculations then this would mean I could only tow this…
1,375 pounds minus 107 (dealer add on) minus 100 (weight distribution hitch) minus 525 pounds (weight of myself and one other passenger) = 643 pounds this is the weight of the hitch of that travel trailer.
However, based on how your formula is created I need to do 643 pounds / 0.13 = 4,946 pounds
So, on your formula I can only tow 4,946 pounds of GVWR of a travel trailer.
However, based on the numbers I can to the salem 263rl with a GVWR of 9,443
What am I missing?
For towing my understanding is you must stay under the payload and you must stay under the tow rating.
