Buying first TT - New or Used?
Hello! We are a family of 5 with three small children (ages 7,6,2) and we are wanting to buy a travel trailer - doing alot of research - and wondering if we should buy new or used. New we are thinking...
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Easy to add 1,000 lbs. to a trailer. Fresh water at 8 lbs. per gallon can easily add 240 lbs. by itself.
I would want to know that my tow vehicle could eventually stop a trailer if its electric brakes malfunctioned, otherwise I would be betting my life and that of any passengers and fellow motorists on the electric brakes working perfectly 100% of the time.
The manufacturers of a 1/2 ton pickup do not expect it to be used at 100% of its load or tow capacity all the time. Most owners never put 100% of the maximum payload in the bed or tow the maximum tow weight and so they do not get into trouble. If you plan to spend months on the road towing a trailer it would be wise to be more conservative and either get a 3/4 ton truck or a lighter trailer.
I would want to know that my tow vehicle could eventually stop a trailer if its electric brakes malfunctioned, otherwise I would be betting my life and that of any passengers and fellow motorists on the electric brakes working perfectly 100% of the time.
The manufacturers of a 1/2 ton pickup do not expect it to be used at 100% of its load or tow capacity all the time. Most owners never put 100% of the maximum payload in the bed or tow the maximum tow weight and so they do not get into trouble. If you plan to spend months on the road towing a trailer it would be wise to be more conservative and either get a 3/4 ton truck or a lighter trailer.
