Buying a Used Travel Trailer
I'm seriously considering my first trailer purchase. For practical reasons I need to at least consider buying a used one instead of a new one. I buy used cars and high end photo equipment without a ...
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hjcihak46 wrote:
My tow vehicle is a 2008 Nissan Xterra 4WD. It has a 6cyl. 4 liter engine. That model comes with a standard towing package and the owners manual does not recommend any additional improvements.
Not enough information.
See my post above.
You NEED the AVAILABLE CARGO RATING of your vehicle instead of the "tow rating".
Tow ratings are notoriously OVER RATED by the manufacturers..
The 5,000 lb tow rating you sate means that vehicle MUST have AT LEAST 500 lbs of cargo available.
The problem is that is 10% tongue weight and that IS the bottom most percentage that you will EVER want to tow with.
The recommended tongue weight should be 10%-15% but 12%-15% is MUCH BETTER FOR TOWING STABILITY.
So, for 12% to 15% tongue weight for 5,000 lbs WILL require 600 lbs- 750 lbs of AVAILABLE CARGO for your tow vehicle.
If you don't have at least 600 lbs of available cargo then you may as well forget anything that may come close to 5,000 lbs loaded.
Many of the trailers in the length you seek WILL be considerably heavier than 3,500 lbs..
Heck, even the average popup is going to be above 3,500 lbs EMPTY.
Do you see the problem?
