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NC_Hauler
Jan 25, 2014Explorer
Also PLEASE do yourself a favor and stop using the "dry weight" to figure all this out with. Dry weight is no propane, no nothing. I figure you'll have pot's, pans, clothes, outdoor chairs, and I believe it would truly amaze one when they've loaded up the unit, sell it and unload it...If you have a wife, they'll be more, ( bed clothes too), if you have kids, there will be even more. What about a pet? You may not fill the unit to it's max GVW, but odds are you'll easily fill it to an additional 1,000# over the units empty weight. THEN, you need to take 20% of the 5er's GVW and figure that is how much weight you'll drop into the bed of your truck. So...you'll add a full tank of fuel, a 5er hitch (approx. 200#), wife, kids, pets and whatever else you'll put in the truck and THEN drop the pin weight of the 5er into the bed of the truck.
......just saying, drop the "empty" or "dry" weight, it's a joke and one shouldn't base what they're truck can tow on that number....
......just saying, drop the "empty" or "dry" weight, it's a joke and one shouldn't base what they're truck can tow on that number....
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