Length vs weight
We are selling our current trailer and buying a new one. On paper the new one has a gvwr 1000 greater than our current rig and a dry weight about 500 lbs greater. In the end we will end up with a 500 ...
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blt2ski wrote:
MIN WB for ANY trailer is 110" ie up to 20'
Then you need 3" of WB per 1 additional foot of trailer length
First -- the "rule of thumb" does not say a TV with WB less than 110" cannot tow any trailer. It just uses 110" as an arbitrary starting number for the "relationship".
Second -- the "rule of thumb", which frequently is attributed to the RV Consumer Group, says 20' TT for 110" WB, and then add 1' of TT length for each additional 4" of WD -- not 1' for each 3".
IOW, all those people with 130" WB Suburbans should not be towing trailers longer than 25' and a 157" WB pickup should not be towing more than 29' (if you want to believe the "rule").
Third -- AFAIK, nobody has ever produced any data or analysis to substantiate the "rule".
Ron
