Typical "gear weight"
Hi, I am thinking of buying a travel trailer this year. Looking for something short and fairly lightweight due to the limitations of my TV. 2014 Ram quad cab express. The major limitation is going ...
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troubledwaters wrote:goducks10 wrote:A 6660 lbs GVWR trailer is going to have a tongue weight of about 800 lbs. About 150 lbs less than your estimate.
Add up what your family weighs and subtract that from the 1390 lbs. Now subtract the 660 lbs that the tongue weighs from that. Now subtract another 100 lbs for the WDH. Thats what you have left for tongue weight items like a battery (50lbs), propane (40 lbs) and any gear that will go in the truck or in front of the TT axles. Lets say 200 lbs. Just for speculation purposes it looks like you would have a TW of around 950 lbs.
1390
-950
=440lbs. So you have in theory less than 440lbs for family and all the stuff that won't fit in the TT that will go in the truck. Looks too close for me.
OP I would say 1,200 lbs in a 25' trailer would be pretty close. Really depends on if you are hauling 350 lbs of water or not.
His dry TW is 660lbs.
Add;
50lbs battery
40lbs propane
100lbs WDH
=860lbs of weight that goes on the rear axle. I would think that he would add another 90 lbs ahead of the front axle.
Anyway we spin it it's pushing his 1390lb CCC. Even at that if he's added running boards or some tools or whatever he's more than likely got less than 1390lbs to start with.
