[jsb5717]

Welcome aboard! Thanks for thinking about safety. Here are the numbers to pay attention to:

• Your trailer's GVWR = 16500 lbs (ignore the dry weight numbers as they mean nothing in real life)
• 23% of 16500 = 3795 lbs - this is the weight to use as a calculated loaded pin weight of your trailer.
• Total the weight of all people, hitch, misc gear (basically everything else you'll be putting in the truck) - for now let's say that's 500 lbs
• Now look at the yellow sticker inside your truck's driver door. There is a statement that reads something like "Total cargo and passengers not to exceed xxxx lbs" That number is your trucks rated payload. That's how much weight you can put on to your truck.

Your trucks rated payload should = more than the total of all the other weights that you'll be loading onto your truck. For the above example you'll need a minimum payload of 4295 lbs to safely carry your trailer.

In reality your going to need a 1 ton dually for that rig.