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Originally Posted by Wes Hawkins
Well I'm close to placing my order for a new Outdoors RV Creek Side 23RKS. Its listed at ... 7700 lbs max trailer weight.
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That's a TT, so expect average tongue weight of around 13% of wet and loaded trailer weight. So when loaded for bear, expect about 1,000 pounds tongue weight and 7,500 pounds trailer weight.
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My truck is ... 8800lb gross payload ...Truck weighs about 6950 empty with just me and full tank of fuel.
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I assume you mean the GVWR is 8,800, so the max payload is 8800 minus the 6,950 truck weight, or 1,850 pounds available for addition cargo and hitch weight. With hitch weight of about 1,000 pounds, that leaves 850 pounds of payload capacity available for more cargo (people and stuff) before you reach the GVWR.
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and a 9400lb towing capacity. 16000lb GCWR.
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With GCWR of 16,000 and minus the trailer weight of about 7,500, that leaves 8,500 pounds for max wet and loaded truck weight before you tie onto the trailer. So your stick shift diesel with 3.55 axle runs out of GCWR before you reach the GVWR of the truck. So reduce the additional weight of people and stuff by 300 pounds to 550 pounds, and you'll not exceed either the GVWR or GCWR of your tow vehicle.
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What do you think, truck pull it and be within limits?
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Yes, but you don't have a lot of margin for additional people and stuff in the truck. One or two people and a few tools puts you up to the GCWR limit.
The GCWR tells you the max weight your well-maintained truck can
pull up a normal mountain pass on an interstate highway without overheating anything in the drivetrain and without being the slowpoke holding up traffic. You'll have no problem towing a 7,500 pound TT on the plains, but steep hills and mountain passes will put your truck at the limit.
Your actual tow rating is the 16,000 GCWR minus the 6,950 wet and loaded weight of the truck, or 9,050 pounds. That's less than the Dodge tow rating of 9,400 because your truck weighs more than the 6,600 pounds Dodge used to compute the tow rating of your truck. But it's plenty to tow a 7,500 pound trailer if you pay attention to the weight you haul in the truck.
The GVWR of your truck tells you the max weight the wet and loaded truck can weigh, including hitch and hitch weight. 8,800 was common for the GVWR of a diesel three-quarter ton pickup back then. (My '99.5 F-250 diesel also had GVWR of 8,800 pounds). The GVWR limits the weight of cargo and hitch weight you can
haul in the truck without exceeding the weight capacity of the suspension, tires, wheels, brakes, etc., of the truck.
Dodge says you should never exceed either the GVWR or GCWR of your truck. In your case, GCWR is the limiter. So when you hit the CAT scale, all you have to be concerned with is the gross weight of the rig and be sure it doesn't exceed 16,000.
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