It truly doesn’t matter if the the manufacturer indicates 8000 pound tow weight. The tongue weight of 340 is added to the total payload weight rating. Using the figures you provided….1250 pounds of payload capacity, 1000 pounds of cargo (payload) plus 340 pounds of tongue weight, puts the payload at 1340 pounds, which is 90 pounds over its payload rating. You must consider the payload when determining how much weight can be towed and therefore the tongue weight is critical. The Raptor engine can easily pull 8000 pounds, but that figure does not take in consideration the trucks payload rating. Another fact, air bags can mitigate the sag of a heavy trailer, but airbags do not increase payload capacity, which is determined by the weight the axels can safely carry. Unless you are involved in a major injury traffic collision, all is good, but if something bad occurred, the driver, depending on jurisdiction, is guilty of gross negligence. If you perform a quick google search you will find the answers. See attached.How is the Raptor over weight? On the door sticker for legal payload is 1250ft lbs. As you said UTV weight is 2100lbs, and trailer is let's say even 1300lbs up from your 1100. 3400 total.
Raptor legal (unsafe) towing Capacity :8200lbs
Trailer Weight of above: 3400lbs.
10% tongue weight as you stated, 340lbs. Driver 250lbs. Cargo and misc (hitch and ball etc) weight, 250lbs, add an extra 100 in for fun, total payload 940 lbs. Call it 1000 even just to keep rounding up for safety!
So we are less than half rated towing capacity, and even rounding your numbers up by hundreds of pounds of payload, I am still 250lbs UNDER payload. On what planet is that illegal? Under by a huge margin in every single measure.
I've weighed my truck on a truck scale with trailer, all normal stuff I carry and a full tank of fuel in machine and truck (36 gallons in the truck...) @ a whopping 9670 lbs and GCWR is legally rated at 14,500lb... 4800lbs light of that measure as well...
EDIT: I just realized we're not even close to exceeding the last possible measure of safety, the Raptor has a maximum bumper pull weight WITHOUT a WDH of 5000lbs. We're 1600lbs shy of that one too.
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