Towing with a 2.7 4x4
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Senior Member
Last edited by Jason_Larsen; 11-23-2015 at 01:00 AM.
#12
Grumpy Old Man
No, that 5k max trailer weight is a guess based on my experience with my F-150 and TT. For you, don't guess, but
--- load the pickup with everybody and everything that will be in it when towing, (including people, pets, toolbox with tools, jack and jack base, campfire wood, etc.)
---drive to a truckstop that has a CAT scale,
---fill up with gas,
---and weigh the wet and loaded tow vehicle.
---Subtract the weight of the tow vehicle from the GVWR of the tow vehicle and the answer is the max hitch weight you can have without being overloaded.
--- Divide that max hitch weight by 0.125 and the answer is the max GVWR of any TT you want to buy.
(It will probably be less than 5,000 pounds if you haul all the same weight I haul in mine when towing.)
Is gvwr and dry weight the same?
No, not even close. GVWR (gross vehicle weight rating) is the maximum weight of the wet and loaded trailer. Dry weight is a trailer with no options and nothing in it that's not standard equipment. No propane, water, drinks, clothes in the closet, linens on the bed or in the bathroom, food in the pantry or reefer, nothing. Nobody tows a dry RV trailer. Dry weight is a useless number. Ignore it and go by the GVWR of the trailer.
How does cargo weight play in this?
I did find a small TT with a gvwr of 3850 it said it had a cargo weight of 2400#s.
3,850 minus 2,400 = dry trailer weight of only 1,450 pounds. So that is either a very tiny trailer or else it's a very flimsy trailer. Many pop-up camping trailers with AC and hot water and reefer have GVWR around 3,850.
Last edited by smokeywren; 11-23-2015 at 02:22 PM.
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Velosprout (11-24-2015)
#13
Senior Member/Vietnam Vet
BTW, hybrid trailers have a very good weight to space ratio. Hybrids are the ones with the fold out bedroom on each end.
Last edited by SkiSmuggs; 11-24-2015 at 08:18 AM.