kfballer22 wrote:
Weight Information
Curb Weight - Front (lbs)2923
Gross Axle Wt Rating - Front (lbs)3600
Gross Combined Wt Rating (lbs)14000
Curb Weight - Rear (lbs)2672
Gross Axle Wt Rating - Rear (lbs)4200
Gross Vehicle Weight Rating Cap (lbs)7400
I can't find "payload" reference in any of my research on my vehicle. Does the above information help? Can I tow a trailer that is dry weight of 5900lbs with this vehicle?
Curb weight front and rear=5595lbs
GVW is 7400lbs, that leaves 1805 for payload.
Those are probably optimistic numbers.
Even so now subtract you, the wife and the kids from the 1805 payload.
Now what else is in the Tahoe? That's what you have left for the TT's tongue weight.
You really need to load up the Tahoe and go weigh it. Then subtract that number from the 7400 GVW and that's what you have left for tongue weight.
JMO but a TT that weighs 6000lbs fully loaded would be the max I'd want to tow. That would put the tongue weight around 750lbs.
A dry (sticker on TT) weight of 5000lbs for a TT would be the place to start. Don't go off brochures, they can be close but normally aren't and can be anywhere from 200-700lbs low. That brochure dry weight on a 5000lb TT could well be 5500lbs when delivered. Best thing to do is pound the pavement at dealers looking at floor plans and stickered weights. 99% of the time the sticker is on the entry door.
Another way to look at the numbers is you have a GCVWR of 14,000.
If you're Tahoe weighs 7000lbs after you're all hitched up then to be with in the GCVWR you can only tow 7000lbs max.
Whatever weight you add to the Tahoes base weight of 5595lbs comes off the towable weight.
