Originally Posted by verendus

Your trailer weight is probably dry weight. Expect to add about 1K Lbs to that. Your tongue weight will come about to be about 700lb. Your payload already factors the driver and a full tank of gas, so !25lbs of your weight will be included in the payload. So here's the math.

375lbs for people
700lbs for loaded tongue weight
100lbs for WHD

You have headroom of about 225lbs for cargo and other stuff. Instead of carrying your generator and fuel in your truck bed, you can put them in the TT t reduced the weight. Whatever you place in the TT will account for about 10-15% of actual weight as tongue weight.

I am pulling 26' 5000lb dry with similar tongue weight as yours and have no issues towing. With 400lbs passenger weight, I had to beef up rear suspension, but the truck has no problem running up and down steep grades. Which axle do you have? I have 3.73 which is a huge help. If you have 3.31, you may have a bit of trouble pulling anything above 6000lbs.

Originally Posted by tomt5078

Explain the troubles someone could have with 3.31 and 6,000 lbs? From what I know 6,000 lbs shouldn't be a problem as long as u have the payload or u don't have a need for the payload!


SRY.....Didn't see he has a low payload of 1400.............

Originally Posted by adawg88

Like I said I'm new. Maybe I am describing this wrong. The sticker on the door which also gives tire specs says a max payload of 1,627 pounds.

However, from what I've read on here, trucks equipped exactly like mine weigh out at 5,100 pounds and the GVWR of the truck is 6,500.

Doesn't that leave me just 1,400 pounds?

Sorry, I'm sure this is basic stuff...