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[dkoldman]

Originally Posted by dstankov

The maximum combined weight is the key. If the GCWR is 23000 and the GVWR is 18000 then you can safely tow 5000. If you remove some weight from the motorhome (e.g. leave the DW home) you can tow a little more as long as the GCWR does not exceed 23K.

Based on my experience Thor does not tell you that you can tow 8000 lbs. Thor tells you the hitch is rated for 8000 lbs and lets you do the math based on sticker to determine what you can tow. All of their literature mentions the hitch and not the towing capability. The only exception I have seen is with their Super Cs where they proudly boast the towing capacity of 10,000 lbs.

Now a dealer may have sold you a bill of goods during the sale but that wasn't Thor.

No dealer has sold me on anything because I have not bought any RV yet. I appreciate you clarifying what I was missing. From my perspective Thor is lying, or to be polite deceptive about the what the RV may tow? At least the ones with 23,000 GCWR. I guess they could argue if I remove the engine I could tow 8,000 lbs. Wait that would be a lie too

I don't think I would need a very good attorney to win a case against Thor if I am towing 6,000 lbs with factory coach for total weight of 24,000 and some major damage were to occur affecting others or life; and consumer (me) was under the impression the Coach could safely tow 8,000 lbs.