GrandpaKip
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Re: Can 19 Silverado 1500 pull 23rslw jayco with just a ball
Grit dog wrote: GrandpaKip wrote: I have same truck, same type trailer. I wouldn’t take a drive without WDH. I use an Andersen hitch, absolutely perfect drive. Can you do it? Sure. Will you make it home? More than likely. I see people doing stupid stuff with trailers all the time. Me? I’m careful and try to eliminate stupidity from my life because I like my life. More than likely? Yup, I’d say…I mean unless the truck breaks down or gets carried away by a tornado or something else totally unrelated to the trailer… You folks will probably keep the OP up at night with your overtly false/paranoid/ false statements. Without WDH, the front of my truck goes up almost 2 inches and the rear goes down 3. The truck isn’t level and the trailer isn’t either. But you think this is OK. I have 12% on the tongue, 600 pounds. With WDH, truck is level and trailer is slightly nose down. As it should be. Nothing I said was false or paranoid. Just common sense. Advice like yours could also cause someone to have an uncomfortable ride. Just because something can be done doesn’t always mean it should. Like I said before, I see people doing stupid stuff with trailers all the time.440Views0likes0CommentsRe: Can 19 Silverado 1500 pull 23rslw jayco with just a ball
I have same truck, same type trailer. I wouldn’t take a drive without WDH. I use an Andersen hitch, absolutely perfect drive. Can you do it? Sure. Will you make it home? More than likely. I see people doing stupid stuff with trailers all the time. Me? I’m careful and try to eliminate stupidity from my life because I like my life.467Views0likes0CommentsRe: Drill motor for stabilizers
valhalla360 wrote: BurbMan wrote: Most of us with staabilizer jacks use this Milwaukee, but you could probably get something smaller if you're on a budget. The weaker ones sometimes don't do anything tho. Most of who? Any drill with good torque and a charged battery will do the job. Getting a 2speed with a mechanically separate lower gear is what we went with. Don't recall the brand. Biggest issue is you forget to recharge the battery. Since I have several 20v DeWalt tools in my shop, and most came with battery and charger, I carry a battery charger with me. They’re small and light. In addition, I also have a drill-driver and an 18v impact wrench (with an adapter for 20v batteries). All live in the front pass through.434Views0likes0CommentsRe: Purchasing first TT, need a bit of sanity checking advice
kcstrom wrote: GrandpaKip wrote: Maybe I missed it, but have you looked at the door sticker on your truck? Yep. It matches the info from the towing capacity sheet I included before. GAWR: 3900 for both front and rear GVWR: 6800 Requires PSI of 39lbs/in in tires. It doesn't state an actual weight from the time of manufacturing. What about the payload?744Views0likes0CommentsRe: Trying to figure out what trailers I can tow
toedtoes wrote: GrandpaKip wrote: 654 + 400 + 300 = 1354 leaving you with about 100 pounds Depending on the WD hitch, that may be gone. You may be able to keep stuff to about 500 lbs, but most on here will say closer to 1000 lbs. We’ve got about 800 in the trailer and for a 2 week trip another 300 in the truck. Can you do it? Sure, lots of people overload their trucks. See it all the time in campgrounds. I drove at max for years and probably was over for quite a bit of that time. I now have about a 300 lb cushion. If the 300lbs is IN the trailer as the OP states, then your calculation would be wrong. OP. Payload (1447) = weight of driver, passengers, stuff in or on tow vehicle and hitch weight (260 + 200 + 654 = 1114lbs total). Towing capacity (6280) = gvwr of trailer (estimate) OR weight of loaded trailer (actual). The 300lbs of "stuff" you expect to put IN the trailer is already assumed if you use the gvwr of the trailer. These numbers leave you a "cushion" of about 333lbs of payload (less if you add a WD system) and 280lbs of towing capacity. Now you need to consider where and how you will be driving. If you will be traveling in the mountains and/or driving long distances, you may be cutting it tight. For most, it is preferred to stay about 20 percent under capacity - it reduces the strain on the truck's engine AND it is less stressful for the driver (especially if you are not an experienced tower). That would mean staying at or under a trailer gvwr of 5,000lbs for a truck with a 6,280lb towing capacity OR at or above a truck towing capacity of 7,500lbs for a trailer gvwr of 6,000lbs. If you will be driving flat terrain only and/or short (1-3 hour) trips, then you may not need or want that extra cushion. You are correct. BCC (before coffee calculation)592Views0likes0Comments
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