Travel Trailer weight vs vehicle hauling
I have a 2014 Ford Flex with the towing packing that allows us to tow up to 4500lbs. We are interested in purchasing Forest River Rockwood Mini Lite 2306 which says the UVW is 3890 and the GVWR says T...
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Winterwolf227 wrote:Allworth wrote:
Bluntly!
You are not going to fine a trailer with bunks and a queen bed that is suitable for that tow vehicle.
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the fictional "dry" hitch weight already exceeds the Flex's max.
you need to add the fictional trailer "dry" weight and the CCC amount, to get the GVWR.
which is 5316lbs., which WAY exceeds the 4500lbs. max of the Flex.
you have to realize the Flex is a VERY limited tow vehicle. that 4500lbs. towing is only IF it has the factory tow package. Class III/IV receiver, pre-wired for brake controller, trans cooler, 7-pin trailer connector and gearing for towing.
so, loaded for camping, the 2306 will be over the hitch weight AND the towing capacity of the Flex.
there will be only a handful of bunkhouse TTs, in the towing range of a Flex.
look for something with a GVWR(add the CCC to the UVW)of 4000.
your 4500lbs towing capacity is based on just a 150lbs driver in the car. anything/anyone else in it, lowers that number.
also, check what the driver's door payload sticker says. this is as, if not more, important as the towing capacity.
