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Originally Posted by travelin texans
Welcome to the rv lifestyle!
Not trying rain on your parade!
That rv is 35' long with a GVWR of 9500lbs (average 13% of the GVWR) which equals north of 1200lbs tongue weight plus 100+/-lbs for the WDH plus everyone/everything in/on a 1/2 ton pickup with most likely a payload of 1500-1600lb.
Check the yellow/white tag on the drivers jamb for the payload. Or load the truck with everything/everyone as if heading camping then head to the scales, from that weight subtract from the truck GVWR posted on the door jamb on the white tag, the difference is your actual available payload.
Just FYI the advertised max tow rating is a number arrived at by the manufacturers in unreal conditions in order to one up the competition, your truck & any other will exceed the payload long before it could safely tow that much weight.
As said not trying to spoil your experience just want it to safe for you & yours along with rest of along side you on the highway.
Safe travels!
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Thanks for the warm welcome.
I appreciate your concern. Both my dealer did I our research and I feel I’m aware of what my limits are. The trailer dry weight is 7,300lbs and once I’m loaded everything in, I WILL go to a scale and see where Im at just to sure what I can or can’t do. My specific vehicle has a tow rating of 10,700 lbs which is over 9,500 lb listed capacity the of the trailer. Closer than I like yes so I am watching what I load (not filling the water tank until I get close to my destination, not adding bike carriers, generators, etc) until, I get a more capable vehicle but I’m ok there so that leaves tounge and payload weight to worry about which lays out to be 1,710 lbs in total cargo weight limit for my vehicle per the sticker so that’s more of something to watch in my situation. The trailer as it sits now with most of things in it has a tongue weight as weighed by scale of 910lbs leaving me some room for people, vehicle gas, payload (which a again I realize I will have to keep light). It’s just my wife and I and we are not big people
. So in this camp, it’s more of a mist and I agree I will have to be careful not to make it rain.
Oh, and also note, I installed a class 4 hitch when we got our boat (7,000lbs) as Ford puts a class 3 on all of them from the factory. I’m curious how many people don’t realize their hitch can’t handle their load despite their tow vehicles rating?