Would you give this a go?
I have a 2006 Explorer with the tow package. Class 3 hitch, transcooler, 7 pin, 3.73 gears. GCWR 10,000lbs. The charts say max loaded trailer weight of 5210. The TT weighs 3500lbs. It is a Fun Finde...
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Desert Captain wrote:
I looked at a couple of sites on line and they show your tailer with a GVWR of 5,995#. That 3500# might be dry weight and as such is useless, more than likely you will come in around 5,000# normally loaded for a trip and that would be asking a lot of your Explorer particularly given its short wheelbase . Good Luck. :C
This REALLY depends. My trailer is one of those with a low empty weight (3100 lbs) and a high GVWR (~5500 lbs). Actual weight from a scale when fully loaded is 3300 lbs. (I don't carry water or food, and have done things to keep the weight low, such as removing the AC, using camp chairs with aluminum frames rather than steel, backpacking cookware, etc...)
To get it up to 6000 lbs, I'd have to carry 225 gallons of water, or perhaps fill the trailer with (literally) a ton of bricks.
Even someone who doesn't pack carefully would have a REALLY hard time coming anywhere close to the GVWR with this small trailer.
The weight that matters is the weight at the scale when fully loaded, and that varies by individual.