The difference between dry an loaded weight.
When I bought my 25 ft. TT the literature said 5004 lbs. dry and 400 lbs. on the tongue. Common sense said it would weigh more when loaded but how much more? So before a couple of our trips I took ...
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bailer6334 wrote:
Here are my numbers. Brochure says 485lb tongue weight. Problem is they do not say if based on unloaded or loaded weight. Actual tongue weight when loaded is 780lbs or 12% of GVWR. For buyers this number need to be explained, and it is not.
Very true - and it's not only the dealers. I remember the first RV show I went to and the number of trailers listed as "1/2 ton towable." Easily 1/2 of the trailers carrying that demarcation weren't within the realm of a 1/2 ton truck! And that was the manufacturer making the claim, not the dealer.
