Truck and Trailer Towing Weight Question
Hello folks, We were at an RV show and bought a travel trailer. After working with the rep we decided on the model listed below to haul with our truck. My question is: With the specs listed belo...
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RVNoob123 wrote:
We do not plan on hauling any cargo above 1,000 LBS and carry many items in the bed of the truck.
Max payload 1,710 LBS.
GVWR 7,200 LBS.
You have 1710 #s of payload to work with.
The TW will detract from the available payload.
Forget about the 650# hitch weight. That is for an empty TT. You NEED 10% Minimum TW. More is better, for quite a few reasons. 15% is generally the upper limit of what the equipment can handle. So splitting the difference at 12.5% of 7800# GVWR gives you 975# of TW.. Then there is the WD hitch weight of 100-120#. Call it 100, and you have 635# left. How much do the passengers weigh?
How much do you want to haul in the bed? You stated 1000#s! That's not gonna be doable.
You MAY be able to shave the TW down some... BUT. TTs can shift TW around a lot in the course of a trip. Lots of things get moved and consumed and it all changes the TW. So I do not advise planing on cutting it close on TW. Especially with a new TT, and no experience with it's weight distribution, and how much it may change on you. TTs just handle better with more TW. In fact most if not all of the integrated sway control hitches use the TW for creating their resistance to sway. The more TW, the more sway control.
You MAY also be able to stay on a diet to keep the GVW of the TT under control... But this can be limiting on how you would like to use it. Having not done this before... You do not know. In fact most of us that have been doing this awhile now use our units quite a bit differently than we originally imagined.
I am not going to state my opinion on you and your setup. For myself, knowing what I know now, I would want more truck. But my usage is likely not your usage, or any others usage. I do not like to be limited by my equipment as to what I can do. Others are OK with camping under equipment restriction needs.
That is your choice as well.
