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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Gdetrailer wrote:bgum wrote:
Who weights 150 pounds?
"ASSUME" 150 lbs was considered and "average" adult.. For testing purposes to get some sort of available cargo weight on must assume some hypothetical numbers like how much and adult may weight.. Since everyone has a different weight there had to be some guestimate and if you think about it, unless you weight 400+ lbs it won't make a big impact on the final numbers..
A family of 4 with 2 teenage boys can easily push 800lb. That's almost half the 1700lb payload used up before hooking up or putting a single piece of firewood in the bed.
150lb is a number that has been used for years and they don't want to increase it because it makes it look like they payload has gone down.
