Heavy Duty / Super Duty Truck as Daily Driver
Soooo I find myself needing a new vehicle unexpectedly. I want to be able to tow the current TT which is about 22' and has a dry weight of 3300 lbs as well as the next larger TT I'm likely to get. I...
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wing_zealot wrote:LAJMINNIEPLUS wrote:You need to look what the term payload includes and doesn't include.
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1200# isn't much in todays world and wouldn't be enough to haul most trailers in the 6-7k # range. You need at least 1700# to pull that much. My Sierra 1500 had a payload of over 1700# with a gross weight of 7200# and I was maxed out on gross hauling my 7500# Winnebago with just myself and wife as passengers and a few hundred pounds in the truck body. If your trailer has a tongue weight of 1000# and your truck needs at least 1800# payload in order to fit passengers/fluids/etc...
1000 lbs of tongue weight and 200 lbs driver, what's the other 600 lbs for?
Going camping alone with no gear in the truck? Usually there is at least 1 -4 additional passengers and other gear in the truck bed. It all adds up quickly as payload. And the payload adds to the gross truck weight along with gasoline and other fluids.
