Hitch Receiver Tongue Rating vs Tow Rating
The receiver or hitch label can list tongue weight and trailer weight limits.
Those limits may differ from the manufacturer tow rating for the truck.
Some labels show different limits for weight-carrying and weight-distribution use. A label may show one tongue limit for weight-carrying use and a higher tongue limit only when weight-distribution hardware is installed and set up correctly.
Enter the limit that matches the hardware and setup you are actually checking.
A truck might have an 8,500 lb tow rating and a receiver tongue rating of 900 lb; a 6,900 lb trailer at 13% tongue weight leaves almost no receiver tongue margin.
Enter receiver tongue rating and receiver trailer rating separately from manufacturer tow rating.
Does the receiver tongue rating have a lower limit than the truck tow rating?
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Enter receiver tongue rating and receiver trailer rating separately from the manufacturer tow rating.
Receiver tongue rating can become the tight check
- Truck tow rating
- 8,500 lb The broader tow rating for the truck configuration.
- Receiver tongue rating
- 900 lb A separate label limit at the hitch receiver.
- Estimated tongue
- 897 lb A 6,900 lb loaded trailer at 13% leaves almost no receiver tongue margin.
Read the label mode
- Weight-carrying limit
- Weight-distribution limit
- Tongue rating
- Trailer rating
- Hardware setup that matches the label