Towing need advice on purchase of travel trailer

[Superman]

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><font size="-1">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Dug3x3:
<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><font size="-1">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by JMV1210: What I don’t understand is how this trailer weighs almost as much as the H2…. That is if I am reading the label right…. <HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

JV- That tag says what the trailer is capable of hauling "7000" lbs. , not how much it ways . Its saying each axle can haul 3500lbs. , so the trailers total capacity is "7000"lbs. minus the suspended weight which is everything above the axles. Trailers own weight above the axles is probably around 1000lbs. . So you can approxiamatly hual 6000lbs on the trailer deck and your total gross weight will be 7000 lbs. which is all it is recommended for. Doug <HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

GVWR means gross vehicle weight rating. It is a function of adding the two axle ratings together (manufacturers fudge this for registration purposes) and it represents the vertical load that the axles are capable of carrying. It has nothing to do with a trailer, it is payload only.

The trailer weight that you can pull is your GCWR: gross combined weight rating. It should be listed in your owners manual.

edit: I see, I was looking at that like it was the vehicle tag. You still need to look at what you have available to you. Do not evceed your GCWR in your owners manual (if you get in a wreck, your ins co. may shut you down) and pay attention to the hitch rating (on the frame). I would be surprised if your frame hitch is rated that high without w/d. most are not.