Tow weight
Im new to the rv trailer world. I am currently in the market for my 1st travel trailer. The idea is to eventually find a full time/seasonal campground that has full amenities. I have small children an...
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Jebby14 wrote:
1640
-100 for the hitch
-500 for the family (guessing modify this to your needs)
-300 for randoms (food, coolers, gas cans, gear whatever again modify since im guessing)
=740 left for payload
740 / 0.15 =4933 fully loaded.
assuming my numbers are correct your rig shouldnt weigh more than 5k fully laoded to be able to carry 15 percent of the trailer weight on the tongue for a nice tow. dont look at dry weight look at GVWR. id guess you will be around 24 feet.
Thanks. If my truck was capable of towing 7400 lbs, wouldn’t I be able to add more cargo to the empty trailer to not max out my payload of my truck? And do the trailers have the exact tongue weight on the specs, so I could essentially be in the 6500 range fully loaded trailer and still be ok? Like what you are saying is a 5000 lb trailer will have a tongue weight of 740 based on 15%, but couldn’t there be a 6500 lb trailer with tongue weight of 650 lbs?
