TT weight Limit
Hello to all. I am new to this web site and will be new in the future to purchase a TT. I have a question to assist me. I have a 2012 F 150 3.7L V6 Crew cab and my manual says my trailer weight is 630...
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handye9 wrote:If you're going to deduct the weight of the WDH from the TV's "payload", then you're entitled to take advantage of the fact that using the WDH will reduce the amount of vertical load which gets transmitted to the TV.
Add up the weight of your family and any planned truck cargo. Deduct that from your payload. Then deduct another 100 lbs for a WD hitch. What is left is available payload for tongue weight.
Divide the available payload by .13. That will give you an approximate loaded trailer weight that will put you at max capacity.
A properly-sized and properly-adjusted WDH can reduce that load to an amount equal to about 80% of the tongue weight.
Therefore, the approximate loaded trailer weight can be equal to "available payload" divided by 0.104 instead of divided by 0.13.
So, if you have 500# of available payload, the max loaded trailer weight could be 500/0.104 = 4800#.
For this example, that an additional 1000# of allowable loaded TT GVW compared to ignoring the load which gets transferred to the TT's axles by the WDH.
Ron
