Towing a larger Travel Trailer
Hey Guys, newbie here. I recently upgraded to a 35ft Nomad Joey that has a dry weight of 7250 lbs, but the sticker on the side says it weighs like 8100 lbs(not sure what that weight means, dry weight ...
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Op, you need to weigh the rig. You need three weighs based on the truck with a full tank of gas.
1) truck and trailer loaded for camping with family in the truck with WD hooked up- this will give you your cross combined weight
2) truck..loaded with family - subtract this weight from the trucks GVWR. This will give you your actual payload (regardless of the payload sticker, this will be your real world payload)
3) truck and trailer without WD- take the weight of the truck from this weigh and subtract it from the #2 weigh. This will give you a fairly accurate tongue weight.
This will give you all the data you need to make an informed decision.
Thanks!
Jeremiah
1) truck and trailer loaded for camping with family in the truck with WD hooked up- this will give you your cross combined weight
2) truck..loaded with family - subtract this weight from the trucks GVWR. This will give you your actual payload (regardless of the payload sticker, this will be your real world payload)
3) truck and trailer without WD- take the weight of the truck from this weigh and subtract it from the #2 weigh. This will give you a fairly accurate tongue weight.
This will give you all the data you need to make an informed decision.
Thanks!
Jeremiah
