RV Engineer discusses towing capacity

This is a good read and everyone who tows should read this.

https://www.rvtravel.com/maximum-towing-capacity-smoke-mirrors-1076/

 

Thanks for sharing.

 

Ugh! So I can tow a Teardrop Trailer basically? Good article, bad (but realistic) news.

 

Great find. Thanks for sharing. I see people towing my same pin-heavy trailer with Explorers and Highlanders and it makes me cringe.

 

This just goes to show you that a 1/2-ton truck of any make or model should not tow a 5th-wheel trailer. But sadly people do. I'm hoping this thread gets to those people that need insight on towing weights and capacities. I figured this video will take the guessing or questions that anyone would have regarding weight - capacity - tongue weight of towing and they will get their answers. Although many will not like the answers and still ignore what they watched in the video.

 

Great info... thanks for posting.

 

I had thought our towing capacity is limited by payload of each individual truck. Seeing the 150# x 2 driver/pax weight figure just about verifies that assumption. By subtracting 300 from my payload comes out real close to 10% of my towing capacity.
So, hit the gym, dump the fats, sugars, carbs and leave the wife at home and you towing capacity increases!