Towing question
So we have a 2011 Tahoe equipped with the HD tow package, 5.3L V8, 3.42 axles. The towing capacity is 8,200 lbs and max tongue weight (carrying = 600 lbs / with WD hitch = 1,100 lbs). We do have the...
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What is the industry standard for a dry weight figure ? Is there one ?
To really establish a real number , each unit has to be weighed as it leaves the factory to you. That's a dry weight and it will include the options that you wanted. Every unit of the same model is going to be a little different, weight wise.
In order to test things out and prep it for you, the dealer adds some water, propane and a battery, ( usually a grp 24 @ 46 lbs. ) .
When you show up to pick it up , you really add things up when you add your personal stuff and your hitch, bars and sway control.
A portion of it all gets transferred to the TV. It's at that point, when you are all loaded up for a trip is when you get shocked at the scales.
*******The only way to know a weight is to weigh it.********** don't read brochures and websites for weights and absorbing those numbers as facts.
To really establish a real number , each unit has to be weighed as it leaves the factory to you. That's a dry weight and it will include the options that you wanted. Every unit of the same model is going to be a little different, weight wise.
In order to test things out and prep it for you, the dealer adds some water, propane and a battery, ( usually a grp 24 @ 46 lbs. ) .
When you show up to pick it up , you really add things up when you add your personal stuff and your hitch, bars and sway control.
A portion of it all gets transferred to the TV. It's at that point, when you are all loaded up for a trip is when you get shocked at the scales.
*******The only way to know a weight is to weigh it.********** don't read brochures and websites for weights and absorbing those numbers as facts.
