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Originally Posted by smotrs
20,000 lbs? I missed something? Is that how much the trailer ways?
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When I wrote that blurb, we didn't know how much the trailer grossed. All we knew it was a 40-foot 5er. Lots of 40-foot 5ers have a GVWR of 20,000 or more.
But later he replied that his has a GVWR of only 16,500.
But he'll still be overloaded when the trailer is wet and loaded for the road and grossing over 16,000 pounds. His max trailer weight without being overloaded over the GCWR of his tow vehicle is about 13,500 pounds. And his max hitch weight without busting the GVWR of the tow vehicle is about 2,000 to maybe 2,500 pounds if he empties the toolbox. But the hitch (pin) weight of a 16,500 5er is going to be around 18 percent, or over 2,900 pounds. IOW, he'll be overloaded.
