Mobile suites weight and mobility question

jimmac28 wrote:

NC Hauler wrote:
I still don't understand why people use "empty weight/dry weight's" of a 5er to give examples of....One REALLY needs to use the GVW of the rv whether it's loaded to that weight or not..It makes SO MUCH MORE SENSE...No one tows one "empty" or "dry", nor do they drop "dry pin weight" onto their hitch...sorry, it just doesn't make any sense.

Mobile Suites, in my opinion has a very good, high quality unit. To the OP, just make sure your truck is up to towing it, I'd take the GVW of the 5er and take 20% of that to figure out what kind of pin weight you'll be dropping in the bed of the truck...There are still a whole lot of campgrounds out there that you shouldn't have any issues at all camping in. My 5er is at 39' 9" and I've camped everywhere we wanted to stay...just looked at sites on the internet to see which one's work best for my unit.

The reason a lot of people do not use GVW is its way to much weight to be realistic. The industry standard for a family of "4" is 600 to 800lb's of stuff. A good rule of thumb is just add 1000lb's to the base weight and you should be close. Also if your going to add a generator and washer-dryer, you have to include that in your base weight, because that weight will always be there.

Lets face it most larger trailers are 3500 to 4000lb's of payload, that's the weight of an automobile. if I was carrying 3000lb's of stuff I would be rethinking what I'm bringing.

Wow, only 200 per person, what dream world do you live in! I have seen these people that basically bring it ALL with them camping. Much better to look at GVWR, and Payload capacity to get an estimated towing weight.
Most people greatly under estimate the weight of what they are adding to their trailer.
Falls right in the category of a vehicles MAX tow rating, which is based on a stripper model of the vehicles, not the plush one they drive and tow with.
Max Tow + Dry weight = Bad towing experience.