Trying to figure out what trailers I can tow
Hello friends! I'm looking for purchasing my first truck and then I'd like to shop for an RV. I have no preferences at the current moment, but I'm in love with Airstreams. So, I've found the Ram...
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MFL wrote:
Gdetrailer wrote: "Truck has 35 gallon fuel tank and at roughly 8 lbs per gallon that is 280 lbs."
A bit of miscalculation here! Water weighs about 8.5 lbs per gal. A gal of gasoline 6.3 lbs.
I DID write ROUGHLY as in an approximation, rough estimate, general weight.
In the realm of thousands of pounds of cargo capacity even missing 100 lbs in the calculation should not make enough of a difference and being this petty about is rather silly.
I get it, folks want to tow their McMansions with the smallest cheapest tow vehicle possible.
The reality is you no longer HAVE to get the curb weight, subtract it from the GVWR then subtract the fuel, the driver.. The YELLOW sticker has done that work for you already.
Even if you took the vehicle to the scales you will end up with some differences in curb weight since you will need to either have a full tank of fuel or an empty tank of fuel..
The work has been done, the yellow sticker states to not exceed the number on it, don't exceed that number and all will be fine.. Why make folks jump through hoops when all the work has been done?
This yellow sticker has been in use since around 2004 and up and so far, when I have manually done the calculations it is right on the money within a few lbs.
