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Hello! I wanted to jump in here and say hello from Mississippi. My wife, son, and I are looking at getting into rv'ing. We are looking at a few options for a travel trailer as we have a 1/2 ton pickup...
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kameleon wrote:o
Thanks for all the input thus far. I see a major focus on tow capacity. I can definitely appreciate the focus on safety. For more info my tow vehicle is a 2015 Toyota Tundra Limited 5.7L 4x2 with the factory tow package. It has a 10,000lb tow capacity according to the owners manual and a 1390lb cargo capacity according to the door sticker. I am looking at trailers in the range of 7500lb total weight with a tongue weight around 10% of that. That with a proper WDH should net me a reasonable and safe tow.
I am looking at new TT's so I will definitely need the most stuff. Right now I am looking at the Grand Design Transcend and Transcend Xplor lines since they seem to meet most of our requirements. Mainly looking at the Transcend Xplor 243BH on the small/light side and the Transcend 29TBS or 32BHS on the larger side with more room to grow.
I recommend that you do more research on towing. You're looking at the 10000lbs towing capacity, instead of the poor payload capacity of 1390lbs. Nearly all tow vehicles will run out of payload capacity WAY before getting close to max towing capacity. And 10% for estimated tongue weight is too low. Normally 13%-15% of trailer GVWR is used.
You have to subtract the weights of you and your family, truck cargo and 100lbs for the WDH, from the 1390lbs and what you have left, is what you have for actual loaded tongue weight.
