Those weights are a bit iffy. My brochure weight is about 4900 dry. When loaded lightly for a trip, it's about 5700 lbs. Add a thousand to your dry weights for a more real world number. You'll be right up to your max for towing.
My advertised tongue weight is 590. When I weighed in at 5700 lbs, my tongue weight was actually 590. However, I had a weak tow vehicle and was trying to off load the tongue down to 11% of the trailer weight.
If you calculated your max trailer weight as 5600, then the tongue should weigh at least 600 (11%). Yep, manufacturer specs don't favor a properly balanced travel trailer which should have between 10 and 15 percent resting on the tongue.
You'll have to work backwards from payload to find out the true max weight of your trailer, as payload is typically the limiting factor. FreePayload divided by .125 will give you a more accurate max trailer weight. In my case, it's nowhere near the advertised 10,000 lb. capacity of my MaxTow package.
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-Scott, DW, DG, DB, and DD
2011 Passport 2590BH
2009 Ford F150 SuperCrew F X4 5.4L w/Max Tow
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