Decided to replace the trailer.

donn0128 wrote:
Enjoy it.
While Im not a fan of some of the items they choose to use, but it seems like there have not been many reported issues, so guess its a wait and see.

Agree, due to the price point/build quality, it'd be nice if they utilized some of the "better" items most of us end up installing ourselves vs. the same stock base stuff everyone in the industry already uses, but I was impressed with the build quality, so hope that that will allow many years of enjoyment. I figure I'll do my own upgrades as time goes by anyway, so until then....!

TurnThePage wrote:
Dunno what your tow vehicle is, but as I've admired those ORV trailers, I've noticed their tongue weight can be out of this world. I'm eyeing one of their smaller units, a 20FQ Titanium (24' long), which appears to have a tongue weight above 1100 lbs ready to camp. The WFCO converter may be entry level, but it gets the job done, at least for the short term.

On edit, I see that your tow vehicle is probably adequate. :B

Thanks! I too did my research on that. We bought the 3/4 ton a couple years ago so that I didn't have to think about limitations for the trailers we were interested in. That was such an awesome upgrade when it came to towing the old trailer (~6K loaded).
Your comment about the tongue weight is a good one. The listed dry tongue weight is 725#. The dealer recommended a 1,000/10,0000 Equilizer hitch. I told him I wanted a 1,200/12,000. He said that that might be too much hitch for the trailer. When I explained the reasonings behind it (loaded hitch weight, TV cargo weight, trailer GVWR, etc) he said that no one has every complained with the 1,000/10,000 hitch. I didn't discount that, but doubt most buyers spend the time researching the specs on their trailers either. In most instances (and for other brands/models) that hitch would be fine and maybe even "sufficient" for this one, but if I'm loaded for bear, I want to know my hitch isn't at or over the limit either. Seriously, with a 78 gallon fresh water capacity, that's over 600 lbs of cargo right there!
Other forum members reported scale tongue weights on similar trailers to be between 900#-1100#, so am happy with my decision. Not to mention if you put in the specs on the Equalizer website they too recommend the 1,200/12,000. It amazed me that the whole crew at the dealership (salesmen, and techs) didn't agree with it. I'll admit that that did make me second guess my decision a bit, but not anymore.

This weekend will be our maiden trip (no hookups), so I'm sure I'll have a list of things to address when it's over. I've already got a couple! i.e. stinky slinky storage (new Camco doesn't fit in bumper), battery securement (can't fit two grp27 on tongue (at least in the welded space), and more to come I'm sure. :) I've been too busy selling the old trailer (which went like hotcakes!) over the last couple days to spend time prepping the new one.

Thanks for the replies All!