What is the "real" GVWR?
So, after months of looking for a TT for my 2013 Tacoma to safely tow< I'm still confused about the GVWR. On some models the dry weight is say 3155 lbs with the gvwr at 5890lbs. So, I can put 2735lbs ...
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Ron Gratz wrote:
Did you mean to say the following?
The realrating
you should focus on at this time is what your truck cancarry
. If you have a 1/2 ton truck then take thepayload capacity
, subtract the weight of people, cargo and gasoline and what you are left with ismaximum allowable tongue weight
based on the truck. Now divide that by 0.12 and the number you get would be the max weight you should be thinking of towing. That is the 'real'maximum TT GVW
based on the truck's capability.
Ron
Ron - thanks for the astute adjustments to my post. You have adjusted it correctly with the exception of the first sentence which should stay as I wrote it. I used 'real GVWR' to keep the connection to the original query.
Basically what I was saying is that the determination of what trailer (and hence GVWR) the OP should get should focus on what his truck could pull. I did also forget to mention that once the correct trailer is purchased, he needs to head for the scales to see how much the rig actually weighs.
