Been thinking about upgrading
So its getting close to that time where my 16ft trailer is finally starting to get too small for my family. Ive been doing some research on upgrading to a: rear bath, 26ft(or so), under 5500lbs dry w...
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donn0128 wrote:Hondavalk wrote:Golfcart wrote:
I look at dry weight because i know im going to add a thousand pounds of random to it when i travel. so 6500lbs or so is my ideal maximum weight i want to tow due to the capabilities of my truck
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Same here. Seems easy to do the math :B
So what happens when you actually load 1050 pounds?
Real world your probbly grossly inaccurate with your 1000 pound guess.
And, for you GVWR naysayers all I can tell you is next trip out drive across a set of scales. You just might be in for a real surprise.
BTW, my fiver has a GVWR of 13,750 and I generally scale at 13,500 pounds. And we do not load heavy.
The OP has been camping for years. He knows how much he adds, Just like I do. Weight my last TT loaded to camp. I actually added only 650lb to the dry weight. Put the same stuff minus a little in this one. Experience will win out. And like I said. The GVWR is a totally useless number. UNLESS it is very close to the dry weight. Yellow sticker dry will get you in the ballpark
