ssbn740
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I find this very interesting as this is the main reason we bought the PB.I’ve been getting 9.3 mpg over about 2100 miles and it was exactly that from Colorado Springs to the TX panhandle. I went the entire way in tow haul mode this time just to see what would happen to the mileage. No difference.
I’ve had no trouble pulling the Minnie with this truck. It’s about 4800lbs loaded and 530-550 is a typical tongue weight so I’ve got to be careful what I put it the truck since my payload is only 1441lbs. I’m usually about 200lbs under, maybe more this trip because we aren’t really camping and didn’t bring many extras. It pulls real easy on BLM roads with the tires and extra clearance. Thanks to a suggestion from another post, I now take the sway bars off when I get onto the unlevel BLM roads as they work better and are much easier to put on and take off on a level surface and you don’t really need them at low the speeds on dirt mountain roads.
I am curious how you determined the 1441 LB payload though. My calculations show about 1953 LB so I am looking at about 900 LB tongue weight trailer and focusing on about 8500 GVWR for trailer. That would leave me about 600 LB for gear (minus whatever my new bed cover weighs). I calculate 10K to be the max trailer weight to be under GCVW but now I wonder.
I know the tongue weight is subtracted from the 7350 GVW of the truck itself (and 1953).
Am I hoping for too big of a trailer
TIA
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