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josephc
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Jul 18, 2018

Considering GVWR of trailer with high carrying capacity

(Sorry if this ends up being a duplicate. I thought I posted it but when I checked back it wasn't posted, so I'm trying again.) The condensed version of the question is: is it bad to have a traile...
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APT
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Jul 18, 2018
One family will load about the same amount of stuff/weight in any TT, except for toy haulers where toys may vary a lot (or sometimes no toys). 1000-1500 over dry weight is typical of those families packing for long weekends by those who have actually measured.

My favorite TT is the Keystone Outback 301BQ. I would be very comfortably upgrading from our current TT at 5500 pounds dry and towing with the same TV @ 106k miles.

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