Buying first travel trailer...need advice
We are looking into getting our first travel trailer to upgrade from our popup trailer. I have two young kids and want to make sure I am being cautious. The trailer we are considering is a 2007 Flee...
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My 2015 Keystone trailer is 6600 dry and my 2010 Tahoe pulls it well. I had a 2008 Keystone that was 6500 dry and my old 2002 Tahoe towed it all over the country with no issue. If you loaded my trailer to capacity with 1350lb worth of stuff, which we never do, plus add 2 people and 3 dogs totaling about 600lbs, we're close to our GCWR of 14,000. I've never had an issue with getting to where I need to go and we run around 65mph and an avg 8.5mpg.
We're going to MD from FL at the end of this month with the trailer and once I get it loaded up for our 3 week trip, I'm going to get it weighed. We haven't had it that long and only gone on a couple short trips with little gear in the trailer, so I want to weigh it now because this is one of the longest trips we'll be on and I can't imagine ever packing more stuff on another trip than this one, so it'll be a good gauge of an actual travel weight. I really don't think we'll touch the max of 1350 in cargo.
I would think you have absolutely no issue with a 5600lb dry trailer. There are times when I think may be I should have more truck just for the sake of having more padding on the specs, but my only SUV option would be the 2500 series Suburban or Yukons and that only gets me an extra 1000lb towing capacity. I can't justify upgrading when I have absolutely no issues with my current set up.
We're going to MD from FL at the end of this month with the trailer and once I get it loaded up for our 3 week trip, I'm going to get it weighed. We haven't had it that long and only gone on a couple short trips with little gear in the trailer, so I want to weigh it now because this is one of the longest trips we'll be on and I can't imagine ever packing more stuff on another trip than this one, so it'll be a good gauge of an actual travel weight. I really don't think we'll touch the max of 1350 in cargo.
I would think you have absolutely no issue with a 5600lb dry trailer. There are times when I think may be I should have more truck just for the sake of having more padding on the specs, but my only SUV option would be the 2500 series Suburban or Yukons and that only gets me an extra 1000lb towing capacity. I can't justify upgrading when I have absolutely no issues with my current set up.
