Overwhelmed and worried about safety
Hi all. I know threads of "can I tow XYZ with my ABC" probably get annoying and I've been reading and reading and reading. But I'm overwhelmed and my partner and I have never towed anything before. Th...
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The only way to be *sure* is to pick "the worst case of the worst case." That being, the trailer loaded to its GVWR, with a 15% tongue weight.
With 500lbs of tongue weight capacity available, and that being 15% of the overall trailer weight, you're looking at a trailer with a 3333lb GVWR. This isn't an exact science, so round up to 3500lb.
You can pretty much tow any trailer with a 3500lb GVWR comfortably and "safely" without having to worry much about what you bring along, or where you put it.
There is an excellent selection of single-axle hardside and hybrid travel trailers in the 3500lb range, not to mention just about every popup on the market will fit into this category.
To go any bigger than that, now you have to start paying attention to how much you bring along, and what you put where. Here if you're careful you can step up to a 4500lb GVWR trailer in most cases, as the actual tongue weights tend to be closer to 13%, and you will tend to not load the trailer right up to its GVWR.
One piece of advice I can leave you with is this: Don't get caught up in the drama that a lot of responses have. This isn't a deal where if you go 1lb over, your vehicle will fall apart and your family will die in a horrible fireball.
With 500lbs of tongue weight capacity available, and that being 15% of the overall trailer weight, you're looking at a trailer with a 3333lb GVWR. This isn't an exact science, so round up to 3500lb.
You can pretty much tow any trailer with a 3500lb GVWR comfortably and "safely" without having to worry much about what you bring along, or where you put it.
There is an excellent selection of single-axle hardside and hybrid travel trailers in the 3500lb range, not to mention just about every popup on the market will fit into this category.
To go any bigger than that, now you have to start paying attention to how much you bring along, and what you put where. Here if you're careful you can step up to a 4500lb GVWR trailer in most cases, as the actual tongue weights tend to be closer to 13%, and you will tend to not load the trailer right up to its GVWR.
One piece of advice I can leave you with is this: Don't get caught up in the drama that a lot of responses have. This isn't a deal where if you go 1lb over, your vehicle will fall apart and your family will die in a horrible fireball.
