Need Help with Weekend warrior weights

Matt22 wrote:
I just bought my first weekend warrior. I was wondering if anyone could help me with the weights, I have a 1997 Chevrolet Tahoe V-8 four-wheel-drive, but I don't know if that's enough truck to tow the trailer.

I do not understand tongue weight, axel weight, and GWR.

How much does a fully loaded weekend warrior FS2200 weigh?

Will my Chevy Tahoe be able to tow this? How much truck do I need? Will a Toyota tundra?

As others have mentioned, the "factory stickers" inside many Weekend Warriors are not a reliable indicator of the actual weight of the unit. I spent a year looking at toy haulers. Two Weekend Warrior FK2100's I looked at had factory stickers that showed a UVW of approx. 4300 lbs. Had both weighed (empty, except for batteries & propane) at a nearby scale. One weighed 5600 lbs., the other 5700 lbs.

As with any 1/2 ton type of vehicle (Tahoe, Tundra, etc.), the real concern IMO is not the gross weight of the toy hauler, it's the tonque weight. Tonque weight on toy haulers are notoriously very high. For instance, I have very small toy hauler (5000 lbs. empty). Advertised empty tongue weight is 750 lbs. With everything heavy loaded directly over the toy hauler's rear axles (water tanks empty), my realworld, loaded, tonque weight soars to 1050 lbs., only leaving me with 300-400 lbs. of payload remaining on my 1/2 ton truck.