I’m sorry for all the dumb questions
I’m trying to wrap my head around how to match a TT to a vehicle.
If I take the Gross Vehicle Weight of a trailer, and with the 10-15% rule get it’s tongue weight.
Assuming that tongue weight is within range of the vehicle, if I add that tonight weight to the curb weight of the car - and subtract those from the GVWR of the car - I’m left with remaining payload numbers.
Is that right?
My back of napkin maths for this:
The Sportsman Classic 181BH lists themselves as a GVWV of 3500lbs, and tongue weight of 430lbs.
The Subaru Ascent has a 5,000lb capacity, and a 500lb tongue rating. It’s curb weight is 4603lbs and it’s GVWR is 6,001lbs.
So: 4603+430 = 5,033lbs.
6,001 - 5,033 = 968lbs left in Payload (to include people, dog etc)
Am I calculating that correctly? If so, this discounts this setup for us, and thats fine - I just want to be sure I’m understanding the maths.