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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Can anyone confirm my calculations and comment on my asuumptions.
We have bought a used 2008 Toyota Tundra 5.7L V8 4x2 TRD SR5
-yellow sticker on the door says:
"The combined weight of occupants and cargo should never exceed 1360lbs"
My spouse kids and me weigh 430lbs
Does that mean we have 930lbs leftover?
If I have a 5,500lb TT with 1,500lbs of stuff in it giving me a total of 7,000
Tongue weight at 12% would be 840lbs, that doesn't leave much payload left. Am I doing this right.
All the sudden my Tundra's 10,000lb tow capacity shrank down to 7,000lbs
I haven't even included lbs of weight distribution hitch, those things are heavy.
Would I have any problems going from So Cal to the Sierra's or say 8k feet elevation in the mountains?
We have bought a used 2008 Toyota Tundra 5.7L V8 4x2 TRD SR5
-yellow sticker on the door says:
"The combined weight of occupants and cargo should never exceed 1360lbs"
My spouse kids and me weigh 430lbs
Does that mean we have 930lbs leftover?
If I have a 5,500lb TT with 1,500lbs of stuff in it giving me a total of 7,000
Tongue weight at 12% would be 840lbs, that doesn't leave much payload left. Am I doing this right.
All the sudden my Tundra's 10,000lb tow capacity shrank down to 7,000lbs
I haven't even included lbs of weight distribution hitch, those things are heavy.
Would I have any problems going from So Cal to the Sierra's or say 8k feet elevation in the mountains?
