Towing rig: 2002 Chevrolet Tahoe
On our trip to Kamloops summer 2017
No WDH
Position..........Wgt.....Rated wgt
Front axle.......2860....???? (I have to look it up again)
Rear axle........4158....3960
trailer axle......3498....3500
Total: 10050
I thought we had over packed horribly. Compared to Bill who has far more experience, actually comes in about 650 lbs heavier. Now, Bill's F-150 could be heavier than the Tahoe, depending on what F150 he has. My Tahoe is around 5000 lbs. Considering Bill's experience, I don't think we did too badly. The WDH would have removed some weight off the rear axle, but transferred some to the trailer axle, overloading the trailer axle. Bill travelled without water. We travelled with 2 flats of bottled water in the trailer, plus a ton of canned food. Removing this, or putting it in the rear of the Tahoe would have worked out well with a WDH.
Bill, your numbers just go to exemplify just how easy it is to overload a trailer, even with experience. If you are going to pull with a unibody style SUV, you have to pack much lighter as most unibody style SUVs out there have a lower towing rating.
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