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joelyn
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Jan 21, 2017

TRAVEL TRAILER WEIGHT QUESTION?

looking at a 05 salem TT and the brochure on line states the following:

AXLE WEIGHT; 4310
HITCH WEIGHT: 415
GROSS WEIGHT:4725
GVWR: 7460

SO MY QUESTION IS, WHAT WOULD BE THE DRY WEIGHT OF THE TT, SO I KNOW IF I CAN TOW IT AND ITS NOT TO HEAVY.

THANKS

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  • The difference between the GVWR and the Gross Weight is how much stuff you can put into it, this includes Freah water.

    The trailers empty weight is 4,725 though to answer your question and you have 2,735 pounds of available weight to put into it.

    There is more math to do though unless your just transporting it not with the intended tow vehicle when loaded.
  • READ MY LIPS!!!!
    You will NEVER EVER tow a trailer dry. You have to account for food, clothes, water, battery, propane only to name a few things. Base your towability on the trailers GVWR and decide if you can handle that much. If not, look for smaller lighter trailer. While you may never see the gross weight it will always give you a safety margin.
    BTW, when looking at vehicle towing ratings, remember to load the vehicle up with family and everything you will pack for a trip, go to the scales and subtract the scaled weight from the vehicles GVWR. That will give you how much tongue weight you can handle.