The difference between dry an loaded weight.
When I bought my 25 ft. TT the literature said 5004 lbs. dry and 400 lbs. on the tongue. Common sense said it would weigh more when loaded but how much more? So before a couple of our trips I took ...
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rbpru wrote:
Unfortunately, the heart of the problem is the consumer themselves.
My point exactly - people these days want to be spoon fed, can't be bothered doing any work themselves to establish exactly what they can and can't safely tow. :R
rbpru wrote:
Even if the TT had a giant sticker on the side saying "This TT weights 7987 lbs. at this time and has 850 lbs. of tongue weight. The consumer would say " no problem" the truck literature says their 1/2 ton can pull 9500 lbs. and the hitch is rated to 1500 lbs with a WD hitch.
We see this posted in one way or another almost every day here on the forums. People actually believe this nonsense. The real problem is many don't want to understand. :S
