Towing Capacity Question
Please forgive as I am a complete newbie to all of this. I have a 2018 Dodge Durango SRT with a towing capacity of 8700 lbs. We are looking at a camper that is 5,900 lbs dry weight. Obviously tha...
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Thank you for all the helpful advice. I agree with everyone here that the initial camper we were looking at would be too large for my TV.
Unfortunately, that is the danger of listening to a poorly informed salesperson! After having to explain to him that I would be really pushing the limits of my payload capacity (and him arguing with me that I would be fine because I have a towing capacity of 8,700), he called back saying he talked to one of their mechanics and the mechanic agreed that is was way too much for my TV. Lol, I won't be going back to this sales guy.
Anyways, we are now looking at a 23 footer that weights 3,900 with a 418 hitch weight. Much smaller than we had initially looked at but it will work just fine and we'll be safe pulling it. Correct?
Thanks again for everyone's help!
Unfortunately, that is the danger of listening to a poorly informed salesperson! After having to explain to him that I would be really pushing the limits of my payload capacity (and him arguing with me that I would be fine because I have a towing capacity of 8,700), he called back saying he talked to one of their mechanics and the mechanic agreed that is was way too much for my TV. Lol, I won't be going back to this sales guy.
Anyways, we are now looking at a 23 footer that weights 3,900 with a 418 hitch weight. Much smaller than we had initially looked at but it will work just fine and we'll be safe pulling it. Correct?
Thanks again for everyone's help!
