Hello all - first post here, so thank you for your help.I am wanting to trade my Passport 2920bh in for a 2018 Sprinter Campfire 33BH, and I am a bit lost on what to think (short of buying a hitch scale).TV is a new GMC 2500 Duramax with 1960# available payload. Not much for a 3/4 ton, but that's what I've got. The Sprinter I'm looking to purchase has a very large payload - a little over 3000#.Dry ship weight is 8040, GVW is 11,160. Dry hitch, which doesn't mean much, is 1000# or 1040#, depending on what you look at. Here is my question -I don't have anyway to weigh the hitch until after I purchase it, and if I go by 13% of what I think it will load out at (9000#), I would be around 1200 lbs which is fine. If I go by 13% of the GVW, I would be at 1450, or 15% of that would equal 1674......for a TT, that is a lot, and more than I could do.Given the difference between dry weight and GVW, what do you all *think* would be a ballpark number? We only travel with about 500# of stuff throughout our current TT, and never with water.All thoughts are greatly appreciated!Chris

Pulling should be no problem. Where your going to run into trouble is the factoey GM hitch. Over the years they have been notoriously weak. Have you considered a fifth wheel? Thats a really large TT, so unless you get some serious hitch gear your probably going to hate towing.

Both the old tt and the new one are bh units. How many people are going to be traveling in the truck?With a 10k lb gvwr, your looking at about a 1200 lb tongue, plus the wdh, and gear carried in the truck. Leaving maybe 400 lbs for passengers. Others in here more familiar with the truck may be able to confirm what the truck can be modded with, you certainly have the power, question becomes brakes and suspension for what you are looking at.

kerrlakeRoo wrote:Both the old tt and the new one are bh units. How many people are going to be traveling in the truck?With a 10k lb gvwr, your looking at about a 1200 lb tongue, plus the wdh, and gear carried in the truck. Leaving maybe 400 lbs for passengers. Others in here more familiar with the truck may be able to confirm what the truck can be modded with, you certainly have the power, question becomes brakes and suspension for what you are looking at.Two adults, a kid and the dog. The reason for the BH is the wife insists on the kid having his own room, and MB rooms are like hens teeth around here. I figure about 550 for passengers and 100 for gear (we pack lite).And we have a family with 3 kids that always seems to follow us with their tent(s) ....... guess where all the kids end up?I was planning on using my Reese dual cam system off the Passport, not sure how much weight it would add. The CGVWR of the GMC is around 25k, so really payload - like always - is my only real enemy......I think.

donn0128 wrote:Pulling should be no problem. Where your going to run into trouble is the factoey GM hitch. Over the years they have been notoriously weak. Have you considered a fifth wheel? Thats a really large TT, so unless you get some serious hitch gear your probably going to hate towing.A 5er would probably be worse on payload, right? I haven't found any with pin weights below 1200#, plus the added hitch weight.Next truck will be a one ton, but that's not going to be for a few years. And I need a bigger trailer now...

I think part of the answer is what kind of trips are you planning. Are they 1 ~ 2 hours away or will you be spending a long 8 ~ 10 hour day on the road? Is it going to be mostly flat lands driving or are there going to be miles and miles of hills?If it's short distances and you're not going to be exceeding any of the truck's weight ratings and you're really not in a position to upgrade the TV and you really, really like this trailer I'd say go for it.

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MO2121
Explorer
Aug 30, 2018
2edgesword wrote:
I think part of the answer is what kind of trips are you planning. Are they 1 ~ 2 hours away or will you be spending a long 8 ~ 10 hour day on the road? Is it going to be mostly flat lands driving or are there going to be miles and miles of hills?

If it's short distances and you're not going to be exceeding any of the truck's weight ratings and you're really not in a position to upgrade the TV and you really, really like this trailer I'd say go for it.

Most trips are going to be under 90 minutes, the longest would be 3 hours. I'm lucky that I live very close to a ton of cool campgrounds and state parks.
2edgesword
Explorer
Aug 30, 2018
I think part of the answer is what kind of trips are you planning. Are they 1 ~ 2 hours away or will you be spending a long 8 ~ 10 hour day on the road? Is it going to be mostly flat lands driving or are there going to be miles and miles of hills?

If it's short distances and you're not going to be exceeding any of the truck's weight ratings and you're really not in a position to upgrade the TV and you really, really like this trailer I'd say go for it.
MO2121
Explorer
Aug 30, 2018
donn0128 wrote:
Pulling should be no problem. Where your going to run into trouble is the factoey GM hitch. Over the years they have been notoriously weak. Have you considered a fifth wheel? Thats a really large TT, so unless you get some serious hitch gear your probably going to hate towing.

A 5er would probably be worse on payload, right? I haven't found any with pin weights below 1200#, plus the added hitch weight.

Next truck will be a one ton, but that's not going to be for a few years. And I need a bigger trailer now...
MO2121
Explorer
Aug 30, 2018
kerrlakeRoo wrote:
Both the old tt and the new one are bh units. How many people are going to be traveling in the truck?
With a 10k lb gvwr, your looking at about a 1200 lb tongue, plus the wdh, and gear carried in the truck. Leaving maybe 400 lbs for passengers.

Others in here more familiar with the truck may be able to confirm what the truck can be modded with, you certainly have the power, question becomes brakes and suspension for what you are looking at.

Two adults, a kid and the dog. The reason for the BH is the wife insists on the kid having his own room, and MB rooms are like hens teeth around here. I figure about 550 for passengers and 100 for gear (we pack lite).

And we have a family with 3 kids that always seems to follow us with their tent(s) ....... guess where all the kids end up?

I was planning on using my Reese dual cam system off the Passport, not sure how much weight it would add. The CGVWR of the GMC is around 25k, so really payload - like always - is my only real enemy......I think.
kerrlakeRoo
Explorer
Aug 30, 2018
Both the old tt and the new one are bh units. How many people are going to be traveling in the truck?
With a 10k lb gvwr, your looking at about a 1200 lb tongue, plus the wdh, and gear carried in the truck. Leaving maybe 400 lbs for passengers.

Others in here more familiar with the truck may be able to confirm what the truck can be modded with, you certainly have the power, question becomes brakes and suspension for what you are looking at.
donn0128
Explorer II
Aug 29, 2018
Pulling should be no problem. Where your going to run into trouble is the factoey GM hitch. Over the years they have been notoriously weak. Have you considered a fifth wheel? Thats a really large TT, so unless you get some serious hitch gear your probably going to hate towing.

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