Buyer's remorse??

Herimpression wrote:
Ok, if anyone still feels like reading this, how would the Keystone Outback Terrain 250trs work for our suburban???

Rear glide trailers like this Terrain aren't as popular as they were a few years ago but nonetheless do offer certain advantages, particularly a longer trailer in a shorter towing length. If there's any major drawback to this style of trailer it's lack of storage compared to conventional travel trailers that would have a front queen island bed with a large passthrough storage compartment and inside storage, both under the bed. That said, we seriously considered one ourselves but in the end opted for the conventional route instead.

The 2016 version of the 250TRS is a bit porky for you ... with a shipping weight of 5500 lbs you could expect this trailer to probably weigh somewhere around 5800 lbs with a battery or two on the tongue, propane in the tanks, the water heater tank filled, and enough fresh water reserve so the system is operational anytime, anywhere you may want to use it. To that you'd then add all your personal cargo which could vary considerably but with a family using it could easily hit 1000 lbs if you're not careful. Remember, this is everything you stuff into this trailer so realistically I'd suspect it wouldn't weigh any less than about 6500 lbs loaded and ready to camp, perhaps as much as 7000 lbs if you get reckless about what you expect to drag along with you. That means you're likely to see a gross tongue weight @ 13% of at least 850 lbs ... so do you have that much available payload once you account for the weight of everyone and everything else you load into the Sub? To answer that you need to weigh your truck as I previously described, until then you're just guessing.

JMO but having towed for 10 yrs with a GM 5.3L (and still doing it) I'd suggest looking for a trailer with a stickered dry weight of ~ 4500 lbs 'cause chances are once it's loaded and ready to go camping it's gross weight (GVW) is going to land somewhere around 5500 lbs (if you're really careful) to almost 6000 lbs (if you're not so careful). Gross tongue weight will end up somewhere around 750 lbs, just as it did with my 24' KZ Spree 240BH-LX that typically weighed ~ 5500 lbs loaded and ready to camp ... and I was careful. ;)