Towing with 2013 XLT w/Tow Package
Hey all! New to the forums and doing a bunch of research. I've done a search with people asking if a 2013 explorer can pull xyz TTs and most recommend for this particular TV either a popup or HTT. W...
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goducks10 wrote:
You say only 10 gal of water, well that's 84lbs.
Unless you boondock, I see no reason to carry water in the fresh tank. We've never done it.
Don't want to burst your bubble but I don't see anyway for 4 people to only use 10 gals of water in a weekend. Unless you spend all the time in a restroom and never use the TT water for anything except washing dishes. That sort of defeats the purpose of having a TT IMO. You could rent a lot of cabins for the same price.
And why is this bad? Its the bane of having a small trailer I know, but its not the end of the world, nor does it defeat anything. We did it for 10 years in a Kiwi 17a. The wet bath was just too small and the black tank was only 6 gal. Its not a whole lot different than a pup except that you have some of the benefits of a TT.
dodge guy wrote:
I can tell you from experience you will load at least 1000lbs into a smaller a TT. I wouldn't worry about water because you can fill when you get there.
We agree on the water, but my weight experience is different than yours. I weighed everything in our old trailer for pretty much the same reason the OP is asking questions about. It was 350# of stuff. I was actually surprised because based on comments from this forum I though it would be more. Over time we added a few things, so if I that number reached 500# I'd be surprised. What's interesting is that when we got our current trailer which is much larger than our old one, we actually got rid of a lot of stuff that was never used. Turns out that its no different than home. You say to yourself "I think I might need this", when I really don't.
I will say that with a family of 4, more "stuff" in the future is a given. That alone would make me be leery of such a small trailer.
