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Originally Posted by mt92
Just thought I would show a picture of my tow vehicle and ask for Any suggestions.
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The problem with a van for towing a trailer is that the van has room inside to haul a lot of weight in the van as well as the hitch weight of a trailer. But the limiter (if not the receiver hitch weight limits) is the payload capacity for people, stuff, and hitch weight. Yours appears to be overloaded.
I would weigh the wet and loaded rig on a CAT scale before you get to your next RV park or campground. Stop at a truck stop that has a CAT scale, fill up with fuel, and weigh the wet and loaded rig with everybody and everything in the rig.
The CAT scale report will give you 4 weights:
1] Front axle
2] Rear axle
3] Trailer axles
4] Gross combined weight
Add the weights on the front and rear van axles to get GVW. Compare the GVW to the GVWR of the van. That's the one where you're most likely to be overloaded.
Compare the weight on the rear axle of the van to the rGAWR of the van.
Compare the combined weight on all axles of the rig to the GCWR of the van.
Compare the trailer axle weight to the combined GAWR of the trailer.
Those first three comparisons tell you if the van is overloaded. The last comparison will tell you if the trailer is overloaded.
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Grumpy ole man with over 60 years towing experience. Now my heaviest trailer is a 7'x16' 5,000-pound flatbed utility trailer, my tow vehicle is a 2019 F-150 Lariat 3.5L EcoBoost SuperCab with Max Tow (1,904 pounds payload capacity).