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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Cicch95 wrote:
Now I am somewhat confused.......The hitch weight given on an RV's spec is based on the GVWR, correct? So, that is fully loaded with gear, propane, batteries, etc.....
Hardly. Published "hitch weight" is the trailer's dry hitch weight as it sits at the factory ready to be shipped to the dealer and is not even remotely close to what the trailer's actual gross tongue weight will average once the trailer is loaded with gear and ready to camp. You want that gross tongue weight to average somewhere around 13% to 14% of the trailer's gross weight, irrespective of what's it's GVWR may be. If we assume this particular trailer's GVW is ~ 6100 lbs then by definition it's gross tongue weight should land somewhere around 800 lbs. Subtract that from the truck's actual real world payload capacity and what you have left has to accommodate the weight of everyone and all cargo in the truck.
