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Ace · 04-26-2013, 06:49 AM

After doing a lot of research about weights, I came to the conclusion that payload is the most important stat to look for,

The vehicles I have been looking at run out of payload before they run out of towing capacity.

Same for the weight of the trailer, this makes the tongue weight more important to consider (adds to your payload).

And you should run a brief check of the tire weight & axle rating.

These are the weak points.

I took a 'test tow' to the cat scale on Barlow and for $15 or something you can get a pretty good dry estimate of what your GVW is with the trailer attached.

Towing capacity actually seems like the least important number (a lot of this info I gathered from CP last year...thanks guys)

04-26-2013, 06:49 AM	#83
Ace First Line Centre Join Date: Oct 2002 Exp:	After doing a lot of research about weights, I came to the conclusion that payload is the most important stat to look for, The vehicles I have been looking at run out of payload before they run out of towing capacity. Same for the weight of the trailer, this makes the tongue weight more important to consider (adds to your payload). And you should run a brief check of the tire weight & axle rating. These are the weak points. I took a 'test tow' to the cat scale on Barlow and for $15 or something you can get a pretty good dry estimate of what your GVW is with the trailer attached. Towing capacity actually seems like the least important number (a lot of this info I gathered from CP last year...thanks guys) __________________ Last edited by Ace; 04-26-2013 at 08:34 AM.