The jeep is capable of towing 6500lbs/750 tongue weight... do you think this will be a problem? My understanding is that the dry weight of the PUP is 4100lbs/400 tongue weight.
mike4947 wrote: I would add money in the budget for a WD hitch and keep careful track on the tongue weight as it can easily creep up and pass your TV's limit.
Thanks, Mike... But how would i track such a thing?
Either find a local commercial scale where you can drop the trailer tongue on their platform or look at purchasing one of the dedicated tongue weight scales. At that range it can be too much for a simple board and bathroom scale balance beam which doubles the capacity of the scale.
As a side note to weight issues a couple years ago we had a poor soul buy a 5'er and the dealer gave him no idea that tongue/pin weights on these range from 18 to 25% of the trailer gross weight. Needless to say he damaged his poor 1/2 ton pickup and ended up costing him more than the trailer price to get a TV that would hold up under the trailer.
It all boils down to the buyer is responsible for any weight/capacity issues/suitability of the combination.
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