[jlb27537]

quote:Originally posted by ccorbettjr

Will get to a scale this weekend meanwhile, here are the standard numbers for the truck: Torque 380 lbs.-ft. @ 4,200 rpm, Weighs 6,355 lbs., Front axle weight is 3,685 lbs., rear 2,670 lbs. Max Payload is 3,120 lbs. Towing capacity is 13,000 lbs., GCWR is 20,500 lbs., 5th-wheel towing capacity is 14,200 lbs. Door sticker: GVWR 9500, GAWR FRT 5200, GAWR RR 6200

Pat, going to make this real simple. Montana does NOT make a trailer you can tow with your truck.

I could go thru the numbers, but it would be a waste of time. A GVWR of 9,500bs and a rear axle GAWR of 6,200 lbs you will be over your axle weight and gross. Basically you bought a grocery getter.

If you are serious about towing a Late model Montana, you will need to sell the truck you have, and buy a tow rig.

As mentioned, look at the GVWR of the trailer, a trailer with a 16K GVWR will weigh that loaded for travel, wet with water, batteries, LP tanks full and your stuff in it.

Now, go buy a used smaller trailer, use your truck for a year or 2. Find what you like, don't like, and then buy the trailer that fits you and a truck to tow it.

Seriously, you do not have enough truck to tow a Montana. I do not care what any RV or dealership salesperson says.

Jim