Tow vehicle advice

JimC58 wrote:
Hi Folks.New(ish) to campers, my wife & I are looking to buy a Geo pro 19RD. It weighs + or - 4000 lbs loaded. I'm pulling my hair out(whats left) trying to figure out a Tow Vehicle! I know not to max out the TV towing capacity but could (should?) I tow with something like a Chevy Colorado with a max cap of 7000lbs or a Tacoma with a max of 6800 lbs or a Ford Ranger at 7700 lbs? Is the tow cap OK but the actual size of the truck too small? Should I set my sites on something like a Silverado 1500 or an F150? What ever I get I would get a WDH and elec brakes for it. We live in New England so we have to deal with a lot of hills and we'd like to go X-country in the fall of 21. Any advice or suggestions is greatly appreciated!

Thanks,

Jim

you need to focus on truck payload and actual loaded tongue weight FIRST. worry about towing capacity SECOND.
single axle trailers, especially one that has the axle set farther back, like the Geo Pro, will have higher tongue weights that comparable tandem axle trailers. the 19FD will easily have a real world tongue weight over 500lbs.
and the trailer comes with electric brakes already. what your tow vehicle will need is a brake CONTROLLER.