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Baja_Man
Explorer
Mar 25, 2019

WD Hitch - Selection Questions based on TW and GVWR

UPDATE: Purchased toyhauler today (2009 Tahoe 284SA)!!!! Weighed TW today... TW dry (water/waste tanks empty, nothing stored inside or outside ot trailer.... First weigh: 1400# Second wei...
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Old-Biscuit
Explorer III
Mar 25, 2019
That published 'hitch weight' is DRY based on the DRY trailer weight

1300# DRY tongue is 16%+ of the DRY trailer weight

GVWR 13,000 at 16% = 2080# WET Tongue ..... plan accordingly

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