Looking for first trailer, math help please
I have been towing a decent amount through the years... enclosed trailers, boats, wave runners, etc. None however have been heavy enough that I have had to do much (if any) math on the trailers. My wi...
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Thanks camp-n-family for the quick reply. So I guess it would be better to get the travel trailer then right. I could load some more weight in the trailer and with only 13% transferred to the truck / payload weight.
I am not planning on getting a 30+ foot trailer and loading it up to the max but I feel like a 29' at around 9,000# loaded would do ok for a few trips into the mountains each year and one big trip to Michigan.
In other words, if we loaded up the used 29' Wildwood 29QBBS we are also looking at to around 9,000# (that would mean about 2,000# of our gear / cargo), the tongue weight at about 1,000# would put my truck close to the max 7,000# GVWR. So the total would be about 15,000#, less than the 16,900# GCWR.
I am not planning on getting a 30+ foot trailer and loading it up to the max but I feel like a 29' at around 9,000# loaded would do ok for a few trips into the mountains each year and one big trip to Michigan.
In other words, if we loaded up the used 29' Wildwood 29QBBS we are also looking at to around 9,000# (that would mean about 2,000# of our gear / cargo), the tongue weight at about 1,000# would put my truck close to the max 7,000# GVWR. So the total would be about 15,000#, less than the 16,900# GCWR.
