first time RV towing
Hello, I am a first time RV user, just purchased a Winnegago Micro Minnie 22 foot model 2106 FBS, http://winnebagoind.com/products/travel-trailer/2016/micro-minnie/specifications The Winnebago Micro ...
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Boon Docker wrote:
Your wheel base is only 16 inches shorter than an F150 long box.
It's also a truck that's rated with a meagre 261 hp / 281 ft-lbs of torque and will certainly be working it's little heart out towing a trailer that has all the aerodynamics of a barn door. :E
You might add about 1200 lbs when fully loaded, but will still be under the 6000 lb max.
So-called tow ratings are meaningless ... it's payload capacity that will tell the tale, in this case likely not much considering a trailer in this weight range should be running somewhere in the range of 650 lbs of gross tongue weight. With just one or two "average" size adults in the truck it may be possible to remain within the truck's real world payload capacity but it won't take much additional weight to exceed it, and in particular it's RAGWR (Rear Axle Gross Weight Rating). In any case, that still won't allow the OP to run GCW (Gross Combined Weight) anywhere near the truck's GCWR (Gross Combined Weight Rating).
However, what's done is done as it appears the OP is going to go ahead with this anyway. ;)
