"Towing" Question
Hello everyone. My family and I have been lifetime campers. We recently sold our 20' hybrid TT and will be upgrading to a much larger unit. We really like the Jay Flight 32RLDS for our needs. This ...
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HittinSteel wrote:
Hello everyone. My family and I have been lifetime campers. We recently sold our 20' hybrid TT and will be upgrading to a much larger unit. We really like the Jay Flight 32RLDS for our needs.
This TT has a dry weight of around 8,000lbs and a tongue weight of close to 1,000 lbs.
My truck is a 2001 Dodge Ram 1500 with a 5.9, tow package and beefed up sport edition. I think it can handle around 7,200 for towing and 1,000 tongue weight with a WD hitch.
We plan to have the TT delivered to our campground and then go permanent for the foreseeable future.
My question is will my truck be capable of moving the trailer INSIDE the campground if necessary? I hate the idea of not being able to move (or re-situate) the camper to a new site or to the storage area at the campground.
My thoughts although well over weight for road driving, I would be fine for this limited use. Thanks.
Since your talking very short moves not involving public highways I think you will be fine. If you find your tongue wt. is way above your receiver's limit then you could always take off the propane bottles and battery and even put them temporarily in the back of the trailer secured for the short move inside the CG. I would probably even forgo using any WDH since at the distances and speeds even overloading the receiver by say 2X should be O.K.
As an alternative a lot of CGs have small tractors that can move TTs within the CG and you could pay to have that done also or even hire someone with a tractor to come and move the TT for you for probably less than a couple of hundred $$s.
Larry
