Towing Capacity
So I was hoping to get some opinions from some folks who have real life experience with towing travel trailers. I am a newbie and have been doing lots of research about towing capacity so when I purc...
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I mis-read the first posts weight numbers... I thought the dry weight was #7500. Since that's the GVWR, you should be okay if you pack light...
Now, the reason that does not work for me is that i don't pack light... I pack as much stuff as a rig can hold! I also like to load up the bed of the truck with stuff that I "might need".. ;)
So, that's just me and the way I "camp".. Other's don't carry anything and that's fine too.
If getting the max size trailer is more important then being able to load it to the gills and not worry about it, that's fine..
I just know if I had a nice big trailer with lots of storage space and then I told my wife she can't pack anything in it, because it'll be too heavy, I'd get an ear full of something! :) Beside, like I said, I'd be packing so much stuff in it myself, that it just won't work for me to go 'light'.. :)
Good luck!
Mitch
Now, the reason that does not work for me is that i don't pack light... I pack as much stuff as a rig can hold! I also like to load up the bed of the truck with stuff that I "might need".. ;)
So, that's just me and the way I "camp".. Other's don't carry anything and that's fine too.
If getting the max size trailer is more important then being able to load it to the gills and not worry about it, that's fine..
I just know if I had a nice big trailer with lots of storage space and then I told my wife she can't pack anything in it, because it'll be too heavy, I'd get an ear full of something! :) Beside, like I said, I'd be packing so much stuff in it myself, that it just won't work for me to go 'light'.. :)
Good luck!
Mitch
