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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Terryallan wrote:
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Specifications
Sleeps 5
Length 20 ft 9 in
Ext Width 7 ft 6 in
Ext Height 9 ft 7 in
Interior Color Cayenne Shadow, Latte, Pebble
Exterior Color Gray
Hitch Weight 350 lbs
Gross Weight 3800 lbs
Dry Weight 2830 lbs
Cargo Weight 949 lbs
Fresh Water Capacity 30 gals
Grey Water Capacity 30 gals
If you don't get carried away with gear, this may be the answer. You would be towing around 3,500 lbs. Get a good weight distributing hitch with anti sway. No personal experience with this unit...just speculating based upon what I saw on the web site, and I certainly don't know anything about the towing specs of your Ford.
I tend to agree with those that feel you should only tow up to 75-80% of a vehicles tow capacity, and that is where you would be at 3,500 lbs.
