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Re: Help me make sense of my vehicle's towing capabilities
troubledwaters wrote: If you are using the published curb weight of the vehicle, that includes a full load of fuel. Likewise when calculating tongue weight, don't use the dry tongue weight, use GVWR times 12% - 13%; that will give you a better estimate of what the tongue will really weigh. More info clicky Good to know on the GVWR on the vehicle.315Views0likes0CommentsHelp me make sense of my vehicle's towing capabilities
I'm trying to best determine what my truck is (and is not) capable of hauling. We recently sold our F350 diesel in favor of something with 3 rows of seating. We bought a '14 Cadillac Escalade ESV AWD. That being said, I'm coming from the world of being able to tow most anything to now having to think about weights and capacities again. :( The Mrs. and I have started talking about a camper to get our young family out in the woods more easily than by tent camping. In an effort to make the most informed decision possible, I wanted to get some opinions from the forum. I've done some preliminary research on my vehicle but based on the results, I'm concerned that either (a) I've not taken a variable into consideration, or (b) my new TV is much less capable than I originally thought. Alright, so... I've got the basic figures listed here along with what I believe are accurate weights: '14 Escalade ESV Weights w/ Class III hitch (in lbs.) Curb Weight: 5982 GVWR: 7400 Carrying Capacity incl. tongue weight: 1418 Theoretical Passenger Weight: 500 (2 adults, 3 small children + small carry-on items) Theoretical Fuel Weight (31gal): 196 Theoretical capacity (of GVWR) for tongue weight afer fuel and passengers: 672 Towing Capacity: 7700 Weight of the camper itself aside, by my figures it looks like I should be looking for a travel trailer with a tongue weight of <672lbs, correct? That seems fairly low, considering the trailers we've been looking at are generally 700-800lbs for the tongue weight. Of course, we'll be running a WD setup but I know that doesn't reduce tongue weight. Any advice or input based on these figures? We still have access to my father's Dodge 3500 is we *had* to use it to go camping, but we were really hoping to use the Escalade since the kids will be much less cramped inside. We don't plan on going much further than 200 miles away from home as we live very close to many of the areas we'd like to camp at. Thanks in advance, Brian7.5KViews0likes20Comments
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