2011 Jeep Liberty towing a new 2014 Amerilite 19bhc

newrvereric wrote:
Thanks so much for the great reponses. You guys are great, hedley flow state park here we come. (just make sure I drive really really slow for the fist time out.) I just got tell the wife to take a dramamine pill and give her lots of wine for the trip. Thanks again for all your help. Oh one more thing is it better to pack things in the front of the trailer or the back of the trailer to help with wight distribution? Thanks.

Dont load everything in one end. You need to be around 60% front to 40% rear.

Thanks so much for the great reponses. You guys are great, hedley flow state park here we come. (just make sure I drive really really slow for the fist time out.) I just got tell the wife to take a dramamine pill and give her lots of wine for the trip. Thanks again for all your help. Oh one more thing is it better to pack things in the front of the trailer or the back of the trailer to help with wight distribution? Thanks.

Believe it or not but the Liberty is a fairly stout tow vehicle. The GVWR for that trailer is 3500lbs, well below the tow rating. You'll have no problems towing it. As for the hitch it usually has 2 ratings, one for weight carrying (dead weight) and one for use with a weight distributing hitch. Is there a sticker on it that specifies? Either way even rated for 500lbs you should be ok. Even if you load the trailer to the max GVWR it's unlikely that you will exceed 500lbs of tongue weight. The receiver should have a 2" square opening, if so it is likely a class 3 receiver and will be fine as long as you use a good WD hitch with it.

Congratz on the Amerilite. We have had one for a few seasons now and love it.

At a max of 3500 lbs you should be ok with the tow limit. You need to find the trucks payload too. That's how much the truck can carry and everything in it including the tongue weight is included.
I agree that you need a receiver hitch. You will need a weight distribution hitch with sway control.
You don't have a lot of carrying capacity in the trailer so I suggest filling the water tank at the campground and emptying the tanks before you leave. That removes 240 lbs from the towing and weight off the tongue as well.

newrvereric wrote:
Hey everyone,
I'm newbee to travel trailing. I just bought a 2014 ameri lite ultra lite 19bhc. I was wondering if i could get some advice on how to tow a travel trailer. I checked my owners manual and the max towing that i can get is 5,000lbs. I just installed a uhal hitch with a rateing of 500lbs. (i'm not sure what the means)I also in stalled a brake control too. Anyway the TT rateings are ...
GVWR
Dry Weight 2,740 lbs.
Hitch Weight 310 lbs.
Net Carrying Capacity 760 lbs.

The "dry weight" of 2740# plus the NCC of 760# means you'll be limited to a maximum TT weight of 3500#.

The TT's loaded tongue weight likely will be in the range of 400-450#.

I do not see any problems towing a fully loaded 19BHC with your Liberty.

Ron

With the weight of the trailer and contents, a 500 lbs hitch might be ok but is it a weight distribution hitch with sway control? My concern on your set up is the weight of the vehicle vs the wind that your trailer is going to see and the risk if tipping. In my book 5000 lb and under vehicles should stay with pop ups and less wind resistance.

Hitch weight is how much weight is placed on the TV. At number you cited is listed for a totally dry trailer. Find the trailers GVWR and take 12-15% of that. That is how much tongue weight you can expect to have. Hopefully your hitch capacity is a typo? 500 pound hitch capacity is not right.
Also remember, what you car can tow is based on a empty vehicle, 1/4 tank of gas and a 150 pound driver. Anything you add to that is subtracted from your towing capacity. I suspect you are not going to be very pleased with your towing experience with your setup. But only you can determine that for sure. Your 760 pound load carrying capacity is extremely low IMHO. Once you add water, propane, a battery, some clothes, food and dishes you could likely already be overloading the trailer. Be extremely careful of what and how you load. Make your first stop the scales once loaded, tow carefully.