Tow Rating Guide
Knowing your vehicle's tow rating is the first step to choosing the right RV for you and your family.
Find RVs You Can Tow
Enter your vehicle's max towing capacity and we'll match it against our inventory.
Terms & Definitions
- Dry weight / shipped weight
- The weight of the RV as shipped from the manufacturer, without passengers, cargo, liquids, accessories or dealer-installed options.
- Gross vehicle weight (GVW)
- The current combined weight of the RV (dry weight) plus passengers, cargo and liquids.
- Gross vehicle weight rating (GVWR)
- The maximum allowed weight of a vehicle or RV, including passengers, cargo, fluids and so on.
- Cargo weight
- The total weight of everything you put in your RV: passengers, food, clothing, liquids, accessories and more.
- Tongue / hitch weight
- The pressure applied from the trailer tongue or coupler to the conventional or bumper hitch on your vehicle.
- Pin weight
- The pressure applied from a fifth wheel's king pin to the hitch in the bed of your truck.
- Payload capacity
- For trucks, the weight you can safely add to the bed. Hitch or pin weight, the hitch itself and anything else in the bed must not exceed it. Confirm with your manufacturer.
- Max towing capacity
- The maximum weight your specific vehicle can safely tow. Calculated by adding the RV's GVW to the weight of all passengers, cargo and liquids in your tow vehicle.
Not Sure What Your Vehicle Can Tow?
Our RV specialists will help you match the right RV to your tow vehicle.