Change of plans! Now I want a teardrop!

Bumpyroad wrote:

gmw photos wrote:

To each his own, but in this case, the OP may be seeing these things with stars in her eyes, because it "looks to be something she can pull with her Escape".
At the end of the day, or at then end of being cooped up inside a small space during a rainy season, it's appeal could wear thin.

I agree. the only way out for the OP is to scrap that TV and get a used one that is more adequate.
bumpy

That's what some of us said during the old thread and its still a good idea. I put my money in new/good tow vehicles and buy used RV's. The RV is easy to fix compared to todays vehicles. If she upgraded the TV it would open up the market for what she could tow. Move up to an suv with a 5200 lb rating and easily pull a 2000 lb trailer with 500 or 600 pounds of stuff. OP, the issue with the tow capacity is a matter of if you want to cross a line. That line is the official number given to your vehicle. People can tell you oh yes it will tow this 1500 or 2000 pound trailer and you can buy it, load it up, fuel the Ford, put water in it etc and lets say its overloaded. If someone is hurt or killed and they looked at what you were doing, could it stand up in court that you did everything right. That's the question. Will that happen, has it ever happened? I dont know but I dont want to test it. Besides it sucks to drive mile after mile with an overloaded vehicle.

In my younger years I did all sorts of stupid stuff with trailers. I had a Jeep cj7 pulling a vw dunebuggy on a drive on trailer with mobile home axle under it. But that's not all, it had a Honda mini bike, tents, cooler, stove, lantern, milk crates of food, tools and spare parts bungied to the dune buggy AND the back of the Jeep was stuffed full and dragging tail. Now that I'm older and have a lot to lose so I want things that meet the rules. If something happens I can prove that I was well within the rules. You have to decide where you want to operate.

So again, the bottom line is start at the TV and measure backwards. If it can tow 1500 you have to come up with numbers for all the stuff you want to take along then subtract that from your capacity and thats the trailer you can buy. Again, my guess is a 500 or 600 pound teardrop or whatever.

Add water 80 pounds
Lawn chair 15 lb
Awning or canopy with poles 20 lb
Propane tank 30 lb
Battery 50 lb
2 Bag of clothes 15 lb=30 lb
Dishes pans wash pan etc 30 lb
Porta poti 15 lb
Camp stove 15 lb
Stove stand 5 lb
Patio mat 10 lb
Make up hair dryer etc 10 lb
Towels, wash clothes, paper products 15 lb
Flashlights, chargers 5 lb
330 lb + trailer = 930 plus all the stuff I forgot. Nice pull for the Ford, safe, easy on the brakes and transmission and fuel.

A super light enclosed cargo trailer could be built maybe but it wont be as aero as the TD.
Is this fun or what? :)