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TOWING & SETUP
When loading the trailer, keep the following in mind:
• Gross Vehicle Weight Rating (GVWR)
• Tire Weight Rating
⚠
WARNING
NEVER
EXCEED THESE RATINGS. YOUR SAFETY DEPENDS
ON NOT OVERLOADING THE TRAILER AND TIRES.
• The GVWR for an Oliver Legacy Elite II is 7000 lbs.
The total weight of your trailer, fully loaded, should never exceed the GVWR. To determine
just how much cargo you are safely allowed to load onto your trailer, simply subtract the
dry weight of your trailer from the factory from the GVWR.
EXAMPLE:
(GVWR) 7000 lbs. – (Dry Weight) 4900 lbs.= Cargo 2100 lbs.
WEIGHING YOUR OLIVER
Proper weight and load distribution is essential to safe towing. Common
recommendations place approximately 9% to 15% of the loaded weight on a travel
trailer hitch. Therefore, if you are towing a 6000 lbs. trailer, the tongue weight should be
measured at approximately 600 lbs. Oliver Travel Trailers confirms that the tongue weight
is 9-15% of the dry weight before the trailer leaves the factory.
Too much or too little weight on the hitch leads to dangerous driving conditions such as
sway and reduced tow vehicle control.
DO NOT
exceed the GVWR OR GAWR posted load
weights.
Easy Weighing of Your Oliver, Tow Vehicle, Tongue Weight, and Tongue Weight Ratio:
1. Drive your tow vehicle onto the scale but do not drive your trailer axle onto the scale.
Record the weight A: (Tow Vehicle Plus Tongue Weight) 7,600 lbs.
See Step 1 in the
illustration
2. Pull forward so that both the tow vehicle and the trailer are on the scale. Record the
weight B: (Gross Vehicle Weight of Tow Vehicle plus Trailer) 13,000 lbs.
See Step 2 in
the illustration
3. Pull tow vehicle off of the scale, disconnect the trailer from the tow vehicle while
leaving trailer on the scale. Record the weight: C (Gross Vehicle Weight of Trailer) 6,000
lbs.
See Step 3 in the illustration
Calculate Weight of Tow Vehicle:
B minus C = D or 13,000-6,000 = 7,000 lbs.
Calculate Tongue Weight:
A minus D or 7,600 – 7,000 = 600 lbs. tongue weight
Calculate Tongue Weight Ratio:
Tongue Weight divided by C or 600/6000 =10%
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