Class A - MH - Hitch Capacity

To clarify, your tow capacity is the LESSER of;

The hitch rating
or
GCWR minus the weight of your coach as it would be loaded for travel ( with water, clothes, fuel, food, people etc).

As an example if your GCWR is 26,000 and your weighted coach is 24,000 then you only have 2,000 tow capacity.

If your GCWR is 26,000 and your weighted coach is only 20,000 then you have 5,000 tow capacity (the difference is 6k, but the hitch is rated at 5k)

The load on the vehicle including the tow vehicle cannot exceed the GCWR. (gross combined weight rating).

In any event, even if you have the 5k capacity, you're still over the limit with your proposed toad. So it's all really kind of a moot point. Weight police will tell you no way. I probably wouldn't do it, but I am sure folks are often a few hundred over with no issues. But I wouldn't try a few thousand over.

What I meant also :)

sch911 wrote:

Effy wrote:
Without looking at any other figures, over the limit is over the limit. Period. To make things worse, depending on your model of coach, you likely don't even have the 5000 lbs. The hitch rating is the absolute max you can tow. But your limit may actually be much less based on the GVCW. You have to do the numbers of your weighted coach against the GVCW to see how much capacity you have left. You may be surprised to learn that despite having a 5k hitch you can only tow 2-3k.

I think you mean the GCWR.

What you can tow = GCWR - Actual Weight of MH (With everything loaded)

Yeah that.

Effy wrote:
Without looking at any other figures, over the limit is over the limit. Period. To make things worse, depending on your model of coach, you likely don't even have the 5000 lbs. The hitch rating is the absolute max you can tow. But your limit may actually be much less based on the GVCW. You have to do the numbers of your weighted coach against the GVCW to see how much capacity you have left. You may be surprised to learn that despite having a 5k hitch you can only tow 2-3k.

I think you mean the GCWR.

What you can tow = GCWR - Actual Weight of MH (With everything loaded)

Yes GVCW must be checked!!

Effy wrote:
Without looking at any other figures, over the limit is over the limit. Period. To make things worse, depending on your model of coach, you likely don't even have the 5000 lbs. The hitch rating is the absolute max you can tow. But your limit may actually be much less based on the GVCW. You have to do the numbers of your weighted coach against the GVCW to see how much capacity you have left. You may be surprised to learn that despite having a 5k hitch you can only tow 2-3k.

Could not have said it better myself. Check your Federal Weight Certification label (required by law). As accurately stated, you may well find that your hitch is limited by overall GCWR found on the label.

Without looking at any other figures, over the limit is over the limit. Period. To make things worse, depending on your model of coach, you likely don't even have the 5000 lbs. The hitch rating is the absolute max you can tow. But your limit may actually be much less based on the GVCW. You have to do the numbers of your weighted coach against the GVCW to see how much capacity you have left. You may be surprised to learn that despite having a 5k hitch you can only tow 2-3k.