Looking for first Travel Trailer
Wife and I have been talking about getting a bumper dragger for cross country travel and camping (Boondocking) for a while. I envision us using it 6-12 times a year, as vacation balance for our respe...
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I'm not quite sure how they're computing the payload and base weight. If the base weight is the curb weight of the truck with full fuel, then you have 7200 - 5731 = 1469 pounds for what I would consider payload: people, stuff, and the trailer tongue weight. I'm not sure where the extra 51 pounds comes from. At any rate, you can figure your own weights for the people and stuff and work from there, but I'm guessing it will work out to something around 700 pounds maximum tongue weight, or around a 6000-7000 pound maximum trailer weight.
Don't be too stingy in figuring how much stuff you'll carry in the truck; it has a way of adding up when camping. (Likewise, don't be stingy in figuring how much stuff will be added to the trailer above its dry weight; that definitely has a way of adding up for campers.)
Anyhow, you can pretty much ignore the GCWR and the Trailer Max Weight numbers as you'll be limited by the GVWR (or payload rating, which is another way of saying the exact same thing). This is not at all unusual or unexpected.
Don't be too stingy in figuring how much stuff you'll carry in the truck; it has a way of adding up when camping. (Likewise, don't be stingy in figuring how much stuff will be added to the trailer above its dry weight; that definitely has a way of adding up for campers.)
Anyhow, you can pretty much ignore the GCWR and the Trailer Max Weight numbers as you'll be limited by the GVWR (or payload rating, which is another way of saying the exact same thing). This is not at all unusual or unexpected.
