intheburbs wrote:
I borrowed a buddy's trailer for our vacation - it's for sale and I was thinking about buying it.
He rarely tows it; used it more as a destination trailer - no WDH or sway bars. We towed it around the UP of Michigan - about 1,000 miles total. No issues. Trailer was stable, nor more push/pull than my trailer with WDH/Sway control.
Yes, I was exceeding the weights on the sticker of my receiver by quite a bit, as the tongue weight was around 1100 lbs. I did research, got my weights, and talked to a few friends who are engineers at GM. I was also exceeding my GCWR (16,000 lbs), GVWR (8,600 lbs) and RAWR (5500 lbs). I made the decision that in this case, I felt safe towing this trailer with my family aboard.
Towing ratings deduct pound for pound of passengers weight, gear and tongue weight. You were in danger zone.
Signed,
Happy k2500 sub owner.
