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Trailer towing
6-12 Driving safety
6
Recommendations for towing up to this limit
are as follows.
The tongue weight of any trailer is important
because it affects the vehicle capacity weight.
The vehicle capacity weight includes any
cargo you may carry, and the people who will
be riding in the vehicle. If you will tow a
trailer, you must include the tongue weight of
the trailer in your calculation of the vehicle
capacity weight. For more information
regarding vehicle capacity weight, refer to
“Tire and loading information placard” on
page 6-7.
Do not exceed the maximum tongue weight
for your vehicle.
After you’ve loaded your trailer, weigh the
trailer and then the tongue, separately, to see
if the weights are proper.
Keep the trailer tongue load at 10 % of the
loaded trailer weight for dead weight hitches.
Tongue loads can be adjusted by proper dis-
tribution of the load in the trailer. This can be
checked by separately weighing the loaded
trailer and then the tongue.
The GAWRs are printed on the certification
label which is riveted on the door sill on the
driver’s side.
Refer to “Vehicle labeling” on page 11-2.
Choose a proper hitch and ball, and make
sure it is installed at a height that is compati-
ble with the trailer.
Use a good equalizing hitch which uniformly
distributes the trailer tongue load throughout
the frame.
Maximum trailer weight
Vehicle condi-
tion
Maximum trailer weight
1 or 2 persons
seated
With brake 2,000 lb
(907 kg)
Without brake 1,250 lb
(567 kg)
3–5 persons
seated
With brake 1,500 lb
(680 kg)
Without brake 1,250 lb
(567 kg)
Tongue weight
Vehicle condi-
tion
Maximum tongue weight
1 or 2 persons
seated
With brake 200 lb (91 kg)
Without brake 125 lb
(57 kg)
3–5 persons
seated
With brake 150 lb (68 kg)
Without brake 125 lb
(57 kg)
Gross axle weight rating (GAWR)
Trailer hitches
WARNING
If you make any holes in the body of your
vehicle for installing a trailer hitch, be
sure to seal the holes later when you
remove the hitch. If you don’t seal them,
deadly carbon monoxide (CO) from your
exhaust can enter your vehicle. Refer to
“Exhaust system” on page 9-22.
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