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Originally Posted by bmessmerjr
Thank you ! So are you saying this should be fine as long as you pack light and stay within the limits. Or shouldn't push my luck?
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The real world problem is that we all grossly underestimate what we carry. We always need SOME FRESH WATER and may need full water for some trips. The world says 10% for hitch weight, but mine have always pulled better with more tongue weight.
But then the finale. When we unloaded our Lance
Camper to move to our first trailer turns out we were carrying over a thousand pounds of stuff.
When we moved in to the bigger trailer, I scaled that baby and with 100 gal 840 lbs of FW, 20 gals of generator gas and our stuff, we were close to 3000 lbs on board. Some how 1000 grew to 2000 of stuff. Wife blamed my tools. We were still under gross, barely.
The load is always more than you had hoped/planned.
My rule of thumb is ASSUME you will pull max gross trailer weight. Assume the dw and God forbid, the kids will drag far more junk than you plan and with a half ton, PLAN FOR A SMALLER TRAILER.
Moving on to a diesel pusher right now and I scaled it with full fuel and half (50gals) water. There was available CCC FOR 6100 LBS at that point. Will scale it again when DW finishes moving in and after I load my tools, spare hardware etc.
I will report when I change my head notes from TH to DP.
Wish me luck.