2015 Jayco Jay Flight 28BHS Thermal and Elite Package
I think I found the perfect jayco 28bhs. It has the impressive 90 gallon fresh water tank and thermal package. Perfect state park extended season camper. Should I pull the trigger?
Forum Discussion
PAThwacker wrote:
My tow vehicle is a k2500 suburban.
2,305 pounds payload; 7,600lbs towing.
Please...don't classify me as one of the weight police!! That being said, you do realize how close you are going to be to maxing out your weight limit and/or payload capacity. When you add the optional gear to the trailer, do you have an actual dry weight of the trailer you are going to buy? If not, you want to see if that can be arranged.
Figure out how much weight that your DW and two daughters add up to, plus any gear that you carry in the tow vehicle and subtract that from your payload capacity. Then, figure your hitch weight (if 7000 lbs loaded, your looking at 700 to 1050 lbs. if figuring 10 to 15% of total weight for hitch weight).
If you are only going on short trips, you may be OK. If it were me (and I tend to be more cautious), I would be looking at something that would weigh less and allow for the gear that a family of 4 can take camping i.e. bikes and all the other stuff.
I know that with my Tundra, it would be easy to exceed the payload capacity before I would max out the 10K that it is rated to tow. Personally, I really wouldn't want to tow more the 7K with my truck with the type of long trips we take and for the fact that I want to keep the truck for quite a few years.
So, let me suggest that you proceed carefully as you don't want to end up with a trailer that is too heavy for your vehicle to handle comfortably and safely. Again...not saying your TV can't tow it...but do your homework first.
