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Originally Posted by edstep
We keep going through the calculations of TV and 5th wheel. DW came up with a question while doing the calculations. In the dry weight of the trailer is the pin weight accounted for. She seems to think that the pin weight is already calculated.
We know that the GVW needs the pin weight to get the TV weight value and not to exceed the GVWR.
When trying to calculate the max weight of TV and trailer do we need to keep the pin weight in the GVW or has it already been accounted for
Thanks
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The way I understand it, the Dry Weight is the total weight of the trailer the way it is shipped from the factory. The pin(hitch) weight is the weight the PIN applies to the bed of the TV. Effectively, the Dry weight could be calculated by adding the weight measured at the Pin plus the weight measured at the wheels. So, if your question is the Pin weight included in the Dry weight, the answer is yes.
That's sort of a pain to measure - for our rig, I pulled the truck onto the scale, and weighed it. I then hooked up our 5ver, and just pull the truck onto the scale, with the RV wheels off the scale. That is how I got the Pin weight: BTW, the PIN weight given by the specs was within 20 pounds of my measured weight, which is about the precision of the scales at the grain elevator I went to( + or - 20 for 100,000 pounds), which is pretty good. My assumption it was exactly what they said in the specs. I then pulled the entire rig onto the scale, and got my Gross Combined weight. I thought about unhooking the RV, and just weight it, but the combined, minus the unhooked TV was exactly what the spec was again.
Of course, now I've loaded it up with lots of personal camping gear, and it's probably overload...
Just kidding, but we don't carry a lot of clothes, as we're generally short term type of trips.