2013/2014 GL450/350 owners, have you weighed your GL?
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2013/2014 GL450/350 owners, have you weighed your GL?
Hi,
I am wondering if any of the 2013/2014 GL350/450 owners have weighed your vehicles (with full tank of fuel and basically without any other load, or with very little load)?
Thank you very much!
I am wondering if any of the 2013/2014 GL350/450 owners have weighed your vehicles (with full tank of fuel and basically without any other load, or with very little load)?
Thank you very much!
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Why would a owner do that - and frankly I don't know how accurate a highway truck scale would be on that ....
Another thought - maybe we should submerge a GL in a water tank and measure the cubic volume of the rig - what do you think ?
Another thought - maybe we should submerge a GL in a water tank and measure the cubic volume of the rig - what do you think ?
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If someone want to tow travel trailer using their GL, they may need to know.
I think CAT scales are pretty accurate. I weighed my vehicle at two places and both end up with the same number. And the first place I weighed it, I put front wheels on the first pad, read wheels on the second pad; at the second place, I put both wheels on the sam pad on the weight scale.
The sum from the first equals exactly to the second time, both are 5640 lbs.
I think CAT scales are pretty accurate. I weighed my vehicle at two places and both end up with the same number. And the first place I weighed it, I put front wheels on the first pad, read wheels on the second pad; at the second place, I put both wheels on the sam pad on the weight scale.
The sum from the first equals exactly to the second time, both are 5640 lbs.
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On your towing there are three basic parameters - towing weight capacity of the hitch - tongue weight capacity - and if towing over 50% GVWR then using a weight distribution hitch.
If you are planning extended traveling.. two interesting modular "twists"... a 6-12 month "old" Winnebago ERA can be found affordably... with/w-o a modular add-on trailer for fun gear and/or added pop-up sleeping capacity.. the other modular is a tricked out "executive" Sprinter again with modular tow trailer for gear and/or deluxe camping trailer...
GL's - especially the GL/GLS350 make great tow vehicles - heck you can righeously pull a $100K ulta-luxury trailer - not hard at all...
If you are planning extended traveling.. two interesting modular "twists"... a 6-12 month "old" Winnebago ERA can be found affordably... with/w-o a modular add-on trailer for fun gear and/or added pop-up sleeping capacity.. the other modular is a tricked out "executive" Sprinter again with modular tow trailer for gear and/or deluxe camping trailer...
GL's - especially the GL/GLS350 make great tow vehicles - heck you can righeously pull a $100K ulta-luxury trailer - not hard at all...
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Your view is apparently that a weight distributor is fine to use. Why do you think a weight distributor is okay when the other folks do not? This isn't a challenge or invitation to an argument. Truth-be-told, I'm hoping that you'll say something that convinces me it is, in fact, okay.
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Search X164 and X166 forums here, and search airstream owner user forums, you will see plenty of people have used WDH on their GL／ＭＬ.
Mine (2012 GL450) also have a WDH tongue weight rating on the factory installed hitch. (not in the manual, it is on a small plate next to the hitch receiver end on the vehicle).
Mine (2012 GL450) also have a WDH tongue weight rating on the factory installed hitch. (not in the manual, it is on a small plate next to the hitch receiver end on the vehicle).
As near as I can tell, the owner's manual on my 2014 GL350 is silent about adding a weight distributing hitch. Both my dealer and MBUSA tell me that a weight distributing hitch should not be used. I'd like to use one, but haven't because of what the dealer and MBUSA told me.
Your view is apparently that a weight distributor is fine to use. Why do you think a weight distributor is okay when the other folks do not? This isn't a challenge or invitation to an argument. Truth-be-told, I'm hoping that you'll say something that convinces me it is, in fact, okay.
Your view is apparently that a weight distributor is fine to use. Why do you think a weight distributor is okay when the other folks do not? This isn't a challenge or invitation to an argument. Truth-be-told, I'm hoping that you'll say something that convinces me it is, in fact, okay.
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