How much does the "stuff" weigh that you pack in your TT?
Sorry another newbie question.
My wife and I are planning upon buying our first Travel Trailer, so we can start touring the country. Since this is our first trailer, we mainly looking at newer used TTs and we are trying to keep it as small and as lightweight as possible, so we can use our existing pickup. My truck can only pull a max of 12000 lbs TOTAL (trailer, truck, cargo and tongue wt), so I'd like to keep the loaded trailer weight well under 5000 lbs. We only need it to accommodate the two of us, since we aren't grand parents yet. After we have a year or two under of belt we're planning to step up to a larger tow vehicle and Trailer, like a 1-Ton Diesel truck and maybe even 5th wheel.
Almost all of the TT companies list the Unloaded weight of the trailer and they also list the max capacity that it will hold, some even list the total max weight of the trailer. I noticed great variations in cargo capacity, some around 1000 lbs and some as high as 3000 lbs or more. Since neither of us has any RVing experience we don't know how much the stuff that we'd pack actually weighs.
So my question is this....How much does a typical couple without an pack into their trailer and how much does it weigh? Once I loaded our trailer, I'd weigh it to make sure we aren't too heavy.
Thanks
PS: I wouldn't pack any beer brewing equipment, so no worries there!
My wife and I are planning upon buying our first Travel Trailer, so we can start touring the country. Since this is our first trailer, we mainly looking at newer used TTs and we are trying to keep it as small and as lightweight as possible, so we can use our existing pickup. My truck can only pull a max of 12000 lbs TOTAL (trailer, truck, cargo and tongue wt), so I'd like to keep the loaded trailer weight well under 5000 lbs. We only need it to accommodate the two of us, since we aren't grand parents yet. After we have a year or two under of belt we're planning to step up to a larger tow vehicle and Trailer, like a 1-Ton Diesel truck and maybe even 5th wheel.
Almost all of the TT companies list the Unloaded weight of the trailer and they also list the max capacity that it will hold, some even list the total max weight of the trailer. I noticed great variations in cargo capacity, some around 1000 lbs and some as high as 3000 lbs or more. Since neither of us has any RVing experience we don't know how much the stuff that we'd pack actually weighs.
So my question is this....How much does a typical couple without an pack into their trailer and how much does it weigh? Once I loaded our trailer, I'd weigh it to make sure we aren't too heavy.
Thanks
PS: I wouldn't pack any beer brewing equipment, so no worries there!
