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Gibby_007
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Aug 16, 2017

Recommendations for a new trailer.

Hi guys looking for tips, we have never owned a travel trailer that wasn't parked in a park. Anyhow we would like to tour around a little more.

Family consists of myself , wife , 2 year old , another should be here next year....and a dog. We will be towing it with a 2016 Pathfinder SL that has a tow package.

We are figuring something with bunk beds and another bed for us. From all the looking I've been doing my top pick so far is the 2018 Apex Nano 193BHS. We like the slide to make it wider and the bunks are key. Any other advice or recommendations on others would be so greatly appreciated.

Thx. Sean

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  • So the 3 things we need to know are;
    Unladen weight of vehicle
    Gross vehicle weight rating
    Tow capacity
    While your tow rating may be adequate you will probably run out of GVWR before you get to the maximum tow capacity.
    This info can be found on a sticker on the vehicle driver side door area
    A quick check shows an unladen weight of about 4350 lbs and a GVWR of about 5990 so that give a cargo capacity of about 1640 lbs. So now add your weight, wife's weight, child, dog and anything else you plan to carry in the vehicle. subtract that from your cargo capacity and you have an approximation of the tongue weight your car can handle. Tongue weight is between 10 and 15 percent of trailer weight/ the trailer you have in ind has a hitch weight of about 465 lbs unladen (as you put stuff in the trailer the hitch weight should increase)so you are good to go as far as towing is concerned.
  • What is Pathfinder's payload, max tow and max weight at hitch? Wheel base is? I'm not a fan of single axel trailers...and you won't be when a tire blows. Black and grey tanks good at 30 gallons each not so with fresh water. Thirty isn't enough for four dry camping.