New to towing travel trailer
04-06-2016, 10:42 PM
#11
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GVWR = Gross Vehicle Weight Rating. NOT Payload.
Payload includes passengers. ie unloaded weight should be made without anyone in the truck.
Based on your scale weight, your payload is 6,700 - 5,500 = 1,200 If you and wife were in the truck then the payload would be y'alls weight subtracted from 1200.
Payload includes passengers. ie unloaded weight should be made without anyone in the truck.
Based on your scale weight, your payload is 6,700 - 5,500 = 1,200 If you and wife were in the truck then the payload would be y'alls weight subtracted from 1200.
Last edited by Feathermerchant; 04-06-2016 at 11:35 PM. Reason: Can't do math.
04-06-2016, 11:17 PM
#12
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GVWR = Gross Vehicle Weight Rating. NOT Payload.
Payload includes passengers. ie unloaded weight should be made without anyone in the truck.
Based on your scale weight, your payload is 6,700 - 5,500 = 2,200 Seems high especially if you and wife were in the truck.
Payload includes passengers. ie unloaded weight should be made without anyone in the truck.
Based on your scale weight, your payload is 6,700 - 5,500 = 2,200 Seems high especially if you and wife were in the truck.
04-06-2016, 11:26 PM
#13
Senior Member
What does Payload sticker on door jamb say?
04-07-2016, 09:20 PM
#14
His true payload would be 1200 plus his and his wife's combined weight. Actually if his 2010 was like mine the suspension was pretty stiff. I think based on his last post he will be fine.
04-08-2016, 10:52 AM
#15
Grumpy Old Man
If conditions are such that you have a wreck on the road, it doesn't matter if you're one mile or one thousand miles from home. You're still in deep kimshi.
Are there any fairly simple modifications (tires, suspension, etc...) that would be suggested to "beef up" the truck cap.
You cannot increase the weight capacity of your truck except by trading for more truck. But assuming you already have a well-adjusted weight-distributing (WD) hitch, you can mask the big symptom of being overloaded - a sagging rear suspension - by installing air bags in the rear suspension. Then after hooking up the WD hitch, pumping the air bags up enough to get rid of the sag.
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04-08-2016, 11:14 AM
#16
Senior Member
And if in fact his payload capacity is 1,200, he would SUBTRACT the weight of his wife, himself, his weight distribution hitch, anything he added to the truck, and anything he loaded in his truck, leaving a payload capacity for the trailer to put on the truck of well under 1,000 pounds.
04-08-2016, 09:23 PM
#17
His truck weighs 5500 with he and his wife aboard. His GVWR is 6700, so his payload with he and his wife aboard would be 6700-5500=1200 Without he and his wife aboard if they are 150 each is it would be 6700-5200 or 1500
04-08-2016, 09:30 PM
#18
Thanks for the information!....I will take all into consideration before making any decisions.
To answer a couple of the questions:
Truck has a GVWR (payload) of 6700
- weighed 5500 at scales where I work with myself and wife
- allowing for tongue weight should give me additional 500 for cargo
Truck rated to pull 5800
- weight of trailer with propane is 4550
I understand this puts me at maximum weights, but...
I don't plan to travel long distance (mostly regional locations)
I don't plan to carry heavy supplies (minimum water and food)
Are there any fairly simple modifications (tires, suspension, etc...) that would be suggested to "beef up" the truck cap.
To answer a couple of the questions:
Truck has a GVWR (payload) of 6700
- weighed 5500 at scales where I work with myself and wife
- allowing for tongue weight should give me additional 500 for cargo
Truck rated to pull 5800
- weight of trailer with propane is 4550
I understand this puts me at maximum weights, but...
I don't plan to travel long distance (mostly regional locations)
I don't plan to carry heavy supplies (minimum water and food)
Are there any fairly simple modifications (tires, suspension, etc...) that would be suggested to "beef up" the truck cap.
04-09-2016, 12:11 AM
#19
Junior Member
What's your loaded trailer weight, tongue weight and does it fit within the trucks ratings and what's the hitch rating on your truck? If it's all ok then you're good but give yourself a few % for safety! If they don't all work, get another truck or trailer.
04-09-2016, 01:39 AM
#20
Bobert64, just some comments from this beginner. Our TT is 2015 Whitehawk 20MRB which we towed home with a 1997 F250 Light Duty 5.4 3.73. That truck could pull great but it died. So I bought 2014 F150 XLT 5.0 3.31 with trailer tow pckg, tow haul trans std and a brake controller std. Our TT unloaded is 4,385 lbs and has a GVWR of 5,950 lbs. the 2015s had a delayed introduction so I was stuck getting a truck from dlr stock. My DW would not wait. The chart says our truck can tow 8,000 lbs. That works if we have truck and trailer tires at the recommended psi. But if we don't its a mean tow. I think you need margin for safety.