bikendan wrote:
One problem is you keep using fictional "dry" weights, a common newbie mistake.
You need to look at each trailer's factory weight sticker. That's what the trailer weighed when it left the factory.
Then you can add battery weight, water weight and cargo weight to have a more realistic idea of what it weighs for camping.
That's where to start, not with dry weights.
X2 on this advice. "Under 5000# dry" means 6500# loaded and ready to camp. That's the real weight and what you will really be towing down the road. Look at the GVWR of the trailer and work from there. From experience I'll tell you that you'll be much happier towing something that has a GVWR of 5700# or less.
