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skipnchar
Jul 16, 2013Explorer
The tongue weight will be the most important weight you need to watch. Figure 15% of any trailers GVWR as the "fully loaded tongue weight". If you're under that weight the others should be easily achieved. Now that being said, the COMFORT level of any trailer will be a completely subjective issue and will depend on you the driver. Your own skills and experience will be the most important thing about comfort level. The truck is perfectly capable of doing what it's warranted to do. Just factor in all of the caveats to determine what that limit actually is. Tow RATINGS are always figured for an empty truck so subtract from the rating, the weight of everything and every one in the truck. Remember that payload means EVERYTHING the truck carries including the ACTUAL trailer tongue. Don't get confused and use empty weight (UVW) or dry tongue weight because nobody tows around a completely empty trailer.
Good luck / Skip
Good luck / Skip
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