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Originally Posted by GXPWeasel
In reality, you're going to go over your payload.
If you have 700lbs in passenger weight, that leaves less than 800# for tongue weight, and anything else in the bed of the truck.
That being said, your truck will more than likely be able to handle being over on payload, as long as you're not putting cords of wood in the bed, and loading as much as you can over the trailer axles. The first thing I would do is ditch your P rated tires for a stiffer tire. That's probably where you'll notice the most sag, especially with a WDH setup correctly. Once you upgrade your tires to truck tires, then you'll probably be fine.
I wouldn't hesitate to tow with your setup as you describe it, but I've got a lot of towing experience with many different vehicle types / lengths / weights.
Have fun, and enjoy your new rig.
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Thanks GXPWeasel. I was also thinking about tires. I'm a novice when it comes to tires. It looks like I have E13 tires, 111S. I am more than happy to upgrade to stiffer tires. I did a quick google of LT tires p275/55r20 and found some that to be load index of 115 vs 111, which looks to give about 11% more weight rating and presumably less sag.
I was also thinking that I'll be probably over payload, but was hoping that the WDH would shift a little back to the trailer axle. This link helped get me there in my initial research:
https://www.forestriverforums.com/fo...ats-11523.html ... At least to offset the weight of the WDH and maybe ~ 50lbs more.
Agree on putting almost nothing in the bed of the truck. I am thinking of upgrading to a 3/4 truck in a few years when the kids get bigger. I've only had this one for 18 months, so I'm hoping for a few more years to even out the depreciation.
Really glad some feedback that we'll probably be OK from someone who has towed extensively.