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Does anyone know the towing capacity of a 2016 Royal Imperial with the F550 chassis and the Diesel engine?

I don't have the chart for the 2016 model but my chart for the 2015 model shows:

GVWR 19,500
GCWR 35,000
Ball Hitch Towing Capacity 7,500
Tongue Weight Max 750

I suspect it is the same for the 2016 Model

Interesting. Scott told me 12k and 1000 pounds when I was looking. Said the gcvw was 32k and 19.5k for gvw. The difference is the tow rating. I will look and see what my coach says.

The figures I provided came from a form that I had to sign at Born Free when I picked up our Triumph Royal and it shows the data for every model they produced that year.

Interesting, then the weak link is probably the hitch. I did not buy mine from BF so I did not have to sign that form. I did ask when I ordered mine.

Thank you for the help. Scott also told me 12,000 pounds which seemed high. I am going to try to determine the hitch capacity from the model number on it.
Brent

I found the 12,000 lb. figure. It is listed as the "Rating with Weight Distribution Bars". It applies to 3 models: Splendor Royal, Majestic and Imperial. All of them are diesel chassis with the 4.88 axle ratio and 19,500 GVWR and 35,000 GCWR.

Well that makes sense then.

For what its worth, I am towing 10,500 # with a 2014 Triumph using distribution bars and a 1200# hitch weight with no issues. F550 PDS chassis.