Am I reading the info on my trailer correctly?

cdnNick

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I have a plate attached to my trailer with the following info:
Capacity 2800lbs
GVWR 3500lbs

That means my trailer weighs 700lbs? The boat is somewhere under 2800lbs? Would a tow vehicle with a capacity of 4500lbs be enough to pull this boat and trailer? The trailer has brakes and it's a 17' Seaswirl 170. I haven't been able to find out anything about the boats weight.
 

cdnNick

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It's a 2005 with the Volvo 3L I/O, not sure how much different that would be compared to the 1996. It's the factory trailer so I am assuming the boat wouldn't be over the capacity limit of the trailer.
 

cdnNick

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Does dry weight include the engine and out drive? I need to add the weight of fuel, battery and gear?
 

oldjeep

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Should include engine/drive. You need to just add x gallons of fuel, batteries, any optional equipment and your stuff. Typically they run trailers and trailer tires pretty close to the edge of the weight rating, I usually bump my tires up one load rating.
 

cdnNick

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Yeah, there was another tire listed on the trailer plate that gave about 200# more capacity. The tires are like new so maybe I will look at upgrading them when it's time to replace them.
 

cdnNick

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hmm, didn't get the notification about the new reply. I'd love to get it weighted that would make it easy but I don't have a tow vehicle right now, so that's why I was wondering about the weight so I could figure out the requirements in a vehicle.
 

cdnNick

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We are looking at SUVs with between 4500-5000# capacity so I think we will be ok. Thanks.
 

TruckDrivingFool

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Besides truck scale - grain elevator, scrap yard/recycler, garbage transfer station, landfill, rock quarry, some small meat packing houses, basically any business that deals with commodities or charges/sells by weight.

That's about the order I'd try as the last few may or may not let you use the scale depending on how busy they are.
 
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