Yet another tow/weight question...
First time poster. I anticipate become a full-fledged member of this site/community as I get started. Like many, I am confused about my truck's towing capacity. I've read every word of this thread ...
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kellem wrote:SlothHorn wrote:
Thanks so much for all the info.
1. The two we're looking at have dry weights of 4,883 and 5,120.
2. I'm sure most newbies say this, but, we don't anticipate having too much added weight to the calculations above.
Perhaps your not quite understanding dry weight. This weight does not include optional equipment added, propane tanks, batteries, any fluids......it's just a striped weight off the end of the conveyor belt.
EXAMPLE:
Our current trailer has a dry weight of 6120lbs and a GVWR OF 7740LBS......OUR trailer weighed in at 7492 ready to camp.
Hope this helps.
It depends, if it's a brochure weight it might be the lightest unit they could make, if it's a yellow sticker dry weight then by law it's supposed to be the weight as assembled including full propane tanks of the capacity shipped. If the dealership adds any equipment in excess of a certain weight (50 pounds?) they're supposed to affix a modified yellow sticker. I found that KZ's dry weight almost exactly matched my initial cat scale ticket, others have unfortunately found variances of hundreds of pounds, the worst I've read about was a difference of 250 pounds of dry tongue weight!
