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[dkoldman]

Originally Posted by 16ACE27

Your math isn't fully computing.

If you have a F53 chassis with an 18K GVWR and 23K CVWR there is a difference of 5K. So if you had your RV fully loaded up to 18K then you could only pull a 5K trailer.

But if you only load the RV to 16K then you can pull a 7K trailer if you have the 8K rated hitch.

So your comment "means not only that I can't stock beer in the refrigerator, but my wife and I can't ride in RV on our fishing trip" is inaccurate in that you can load that stuff and a lot more before your RV will be at its GVWR.

I think the math is right, I may not understand something or you may not have followed what I meant?

I will try again. Per Thor one RV I am looking at is is rated at Gross Vehicle Weight of 18,000 lbs. So if I follow, that means the weight of RV itself before I start to load it it up with people or other stuff? Am I right?, if so that iis not math just the number I started with with.

I then proceeded to say, I have 24 ft boat. It has trailer, 50 gallons of gas and 10 gallon water tank which normally always full. With gear; that boat / trailer is right at 5,000 pounds.

So to me; I get 18,000 + 5,000 which is 23,000 lbs and the the Maximum Combined Weight. Thus my statement, no room to add beer or me and my wife without exceeding 23,000. For a V10 6.8 Triton regardless of transmission etc, that sound weak to me.

I just checked my Navigator's manual because I may have been towing over the limit all of these years without knowing, but I pull that boat/trailer with my Navigator with as many as 6 or 7 people in the truck at 70 - 75 mph with no issues whatsoever.

I do know this much, my Navigator hitch is rated at 6,000 lbs and will pull 9,200 with Weight distributor as I have tow package. I have never bothered to look at Combined Max gross weight that I reading and learning for these RV's.

But per Lincoln manual for Navigator...
Maximum GCWR is 15000 lbs / 6803 kg Trailer weight range 0 - 9000 lbs 94082 kg)

The GVWR is 7500 lbs. That means I have another 7,500 lbs for cargo / trailer. since boat / trailer fully loaded is 5,000 lbs, that leaves me 2,500 lbs for me my wife and plenty of beer. So all of this to say if I follow, I can safely tow my boat fully loaded with all of the legal passengers I wish, plus beer, and not exceed the the GCVW. But if I try to pull the same boat with RV that weighs 18,000, no room for cooler beer with ice to be legal, let alone me, my wife or any passengers.