therink wrote:
kfballer22 wrote:
The combined weight of passengers and cargo in my Yukon should not exceed 1412lbs. Tow capacity is 8000lbs.
If you stick with a TT with a loaded tounge under 750 or so, you should be OK as far as payload goes.
Correct.
OP needs to give up on the 8000 lb tow "rating".
8000 lbs is simply not happening unless you are not planning to have any passengers or gear AND your trailer would have to be at no more than 800 lbs (IE 10%)..
Op needs to work with the 1412 lbs cargo rating.
Basically put you work backwards.. Add up your passenger, personal gear and fuel weight.. then subtract that from 1412 lbs..
For instance say you have driver, one passenger for a weight of 350 lbs.. Subtract 350 from 1412 and you now have 1062 lbs left..
30 gallons of fuel is going to weigh say 240 lbs.. you now have 822 lbs left..
WD weight of 100 lbs.. you now have 722 lbs of cargo left.
722 lbs means your max trailer weight at 10% tongue weight is 7220lbs..
But wait.. you don't want to have 10% tongue weight.. you want at least 13% up to 15%..
That means at 13% tongue weight your trailer should not weight more than 5554 lbs LOADED.
That means at 15% tongue weight your trailer should not weigh more than 4813 lbs LOADED.
As you can tell by my examples you will never be able to tow a 8,000 lb loaded trailer and be within your max cargo weight with more than 10% tongue weight if you planning to have passengers and a full fuel tank..
