Apex or Venture (Sporttrek) TT
Looking to get a TT and slowly narrowing it down to either Apex or Venture. Thought I'd ask here. Anyone have either and if so, good things to say or bad about each? Still working on numbers whethe...
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Its not what the truck can pull its about payload. And tongue weight accounts for payload.
Even if driving alone you need to account for fuel and you in the truck.
Your truck specs are identical to mine pretty much.
I have 1450 payload. And that's a scale weight with me, 200lbs and a full tank of fuel, 34 gallons. Door tag says 1430.
I subtracted my door tag weight on rear axle like yours of 3750 - scale weigh of 2300 lbs gives me true axle weight payload.
With that said I bought the coachmen 261 bh. This is listed @ 541lb tongue weight. Let me tell you when I filled the propane, added an additional battery, and loaded my stuff in pass through and in camper, my TW became 740lbs.
Thats without food and clothes. And lest not forget if I run with water in the fresh tank.
1450-740= 730lbs.
wife and kids 470. 730-470= 260lbs.
260lbs is what I have in stuff in back of truck. Took=ls, hoses, carfluids, grill, generator, ext.
The WD hitch is set at max and takes 160lbs and moves it to front of truck and rear of trailer.
So I am maxed. And my camper is 4729 dry and 5500-6000lbs loaded..
Ill tell you this I wouldn't want to tow much more.. For sag even with WD hitch I added sumosprings to the rear and bilstein shocks all around. I also added the largest trans cooler I can fit behind the grill in series with the factory one.
Moral?
You are starting with 715lb TW on the apex. Will be at least 900 lbs when your done and loaded. Add some water and youll be up there. Fill the truck fuel and add you.
And your already starting at 5700 lb dry weight. Thats a lot of weight my friend..
Can you do it? Yes.
But I would advise to take the truck to a cat scale and weight the individual axles first. Then subtract your door tag axles weights from the scale weights. That will tell you exact payload.
Do this with full tank of gas and you in the truck.
Post back those #'s. After you get those #'s then you can start looking at trailers...
All my opinion of course...
We want you to be safe and not have to white knuckle it..
Even if driving alone you need to account for fuel and you in the truck.
Your truck specs are identical to mine pretty much.
I have 1450 payload. And that's a scale weight with me, 200lbs and a full tank of fuel, 34 gallons. Door tag says 1430.
I subtracted my door tag weight on rear axle like yours of 3750 - scale weigh of 2300 lbs gives me true axle weight payload.
With that said I bought the coachmen 261 bh. This is listed @ 541lb tongue weight. Let me tell you when I filled the propane, added an additional battery, and loaded my stuff in pass through and in camper, my TW became 740lbs.
Thats without food and clothes. And lest not forget if I run with water in the fresh tank.
1450-740= 730lbs.
wife and kids 470. 730-470= 260lbs.
260lbs is what I have in stuff in back of truck. Took=ls, hoses, carfluids, grill, generator, ext.
The WD hitch is set at max and takes 160lbs and moves it to front of truck and rear of trailer.
So I am maxed. And my camper is 4729 dry and 5500-6000lbs loaded..
Ill tell you this I wouldn't want to tow much more.. For sag even with WD hitch I added sumosprings to the rear and bilstein shocks all around. I also added the largest trans cooler I can fit behind the grill in series with the factory one.
Moral?
You are starting with 715lb TW on the apex. Will be at least 900 lbs when your done and loaded. Add some water and youll be up there. Fill the truck fuel and add you.
And your already starting at 5700 lb dry weight. Thats a lot of weight my friend..
Can you do it? Yes.
But I would advise to take the truck to a cat scale and weight the individual axles first. Then subtract your door tag axles weights from the scale weights. That will tell you exact payload.
Do this with full tank of gas and you in the truck.
Post back those #'s. After you get those #'s then you can start looking at trailers...
All my opinion of course...
We want you to be safe and not have to white knuckle it..
