Is a tow capacity of 6,200-6,500 enough?
Hello to all and thanks in advance! I've been going back and forth with the idea of purchasing an SUV or truck. With being a newbie, the process has at times been frustrating and overwhelming. So...
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2012Coleman wrote:
There is such a chart but it is useless.
Posted By: Turtle n Peeps on 10/05/15 07:56am
No there is no chart for what you are trying to do.
Ahhh.. I think you two need to have a conversation.
OP... as others mentioned... for 1/2 ton (and sometimes even 3/4 tons) tow vehicles, the vehicle's payload capacity is what will be maxed out first. You can pretty much forget the "tow capacity" as typically it is just the manufacture's figure that is based upon a trailer with NO tongue weight. Most travel trailers will be an approximate 12% of the trailer's "loaded" weight which is usually somewhere inbetween the dry tongue weight and its GVWR.
It's recommended that if you haven't purchased either the TT or the TV, to purchase the TT first and then match up the TV so that it can pull the TT without being closer than 80% of the TV's max ratings.
Hope this helps and good luck
Ron
