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way2roll
Trailblazer
May 11, 2020

Towing capacity - surprisingly little on new coaches

As some of you may have read we are shopping for a new coach to full/part time in next year. In shopping I came across some surprising info on capacity. I know a lot of gassers with the 5k or 7k h...
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dodge_guy
Explorer II
May 11, 2020
Some Gas MH’s like mine have a 4k lb CCC. While other like my buddy’s 17 Fleetwood Bounder have only 1700lbs.
With mine I can actually tow 6k lbs with how I load for a trip. However I would have to replace the hitch.

I never realized how low some of the DP’s could be. Thanks for the info. Never would’ve thought it would be an issue on a DP.

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