Sorry for the dumb question but... Does a trailers marked rating reflect only the weight it can carry or the total capacity including the trailers own weight?
The way I understand it is the rateing is max load on the trailer. You towrig will have a max weight for the whole setup..my 2500HD is 22,000 for the whole 'roadtrain'...
lets say your trailer has a gvw of 10k, and assume that the trailer weighs 2k, you would have a load capacity of 8k...
Well I am thinking that if my trailer's load is 10K and it weighs 2K then my towrig's hitch capacity better be better than 12K and my Max trailer weight combined is 12K and the load cannot be heavier than 10K.:doah: As I see it the tailer is rated by the axels under it. In my case I have 2 - 5200lb axels making my max trailer load max to be 10.4Klbs on the axels. My towrig's combind max trailer weight is 12K. My trailer weighs 2800lbs. SO my max trailer load cannot exceed 8200lbs per my towrig's max trailer capacity. 10,400 (max load) +2800 (trailer weight) =13200 (total of combind trailer weight at max load) 13200 (T. comb. weight) -12000 (max load rating for my Towrig) =1200 (overloaded towrig if trailer is at max load) 10400 (max load) -1200 (overlaod diff) = 8200 (max load on trailer) anyway my solution to all this bla bla bla was to buy the biggest hitch I could (Titan class 5) and just run it! The chances of me reaching 10K load on my trailer is perrty slim anyway... opcorn:
If you have two 5,400lb axles on your trailer, then the capacity of the trailer would be the weight the axles are rated at 10,400lbs - 2,800lbs (the weight of the trailer). So the max load you should have on the trailer would be 7,600lbs. So really you can't safely reach your truck's hitch rating with the trailer you currently have.
Well I was close...only 600lbs off and I probly carry that much weight in beer alone so I will only be overloaded on the way to the trailhead :doah: rotfl waytogo waytogo
