Pulling with 1/2 ton

TurnThePage wrote:

time2roll wrote:

TurnThePage wrote:
In reference specifically to half ton towing, why do people say, "use the max trailer weight?"

Some trailers have 3000 lbs of cargo capacity (Who's going to use all that?!). Some have under a 1000.

Even with excessive amounts of tools, backup parts, winter supplies, summer supplies, extra battery, solar panels, various added accessories, food, 50 gallons of water, grill, camp stove, camp table, camp chairs, cast iron pots and pans, and assorted other sundries, I can't seem to get over about 1500 lbs of stuff in my trailer.

What is your trailer dry weight, actual weight and GVWR?
What is your towing capacity?

I'll have to be approximate.
Dry weight: 4800 lbs
Actual weight: 6100 last time weighed, as high as 6500 lbs
Trlr GVWR: 6000 lbs
Ram half ton towing capacity: 10,600 lbs

So you are fine and it does show how easy it is to go over the trailer GVWR.

Even if you used GVWR and went with a 10,600 GVWR trailer with 3,000 carry capacity but used only 1,500 would put you at 9,100 real towing weight and is probably a bit much. This tells me you will not be stuck with an undersize trailer for using the GVWR.

That is the method to my madness using GVWR instead of dry weight.

And of course the alternative is to consider a 9,600 dry weight trailer when you think you will only carry 1,000 pounds of junk. Then you find out the delivered weight is over 10,000 and your junk is 2,000..... and then you looking for a diesel dually.