First Time Travel Trailer Purchaser
Hey! First time to Open Roads Forum. Looking to purchase first travel trailer and hit the roads this spring. Seeking advice on travel trailer purchase. Two people only; wife and me. Pull vehicle: 2017...
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The 8-speed will certainly help that 3.23 axle ratio. You may be limited to 4th, 5th or 6th gear, but that's ok. Mine is only a 4speed with a 3.73.
All that aside, take a look at the "not to exceed cargo weight" tire sticker on the drivers door. That is what you have to work with as far as payload goes.
Add up the weight of passengers, anything you'll carry in the bed and the weight distribution hitch. Subtract this from the payload limit and you know how much weight is left for the trailer tongue weight.
Divide that tongue weight by 0.13 and that will be the maximum fully loaded trailer weight to look for. Once you have this number, you can compare it to TT dry weights by adding 1000 to 1500 to the dry weight. (I carry 1500# of stuff including water)
After you find/purchase a trailer within your weight limits, you'll then want to replace the P rated tires on the truck with LT.
Just remember, the further away you are from the TV's max limits, the better the tow.
Edit: I repeated some info from handye9. But we were writing at the same time.
All that aside, take a look at the "not to exceed cargo weight" tire sticker on the drivers door. That is what you have to work with as far as payload goes.
Add up the weight of passengers, anything you'll carry in the bed and the weight distribution hitch. Subtract this from the payload limit and you know how much weight is left for the trailer tongue weight.
Divide that tongue weight by 0.13 and that will be the maximum fully loaded trailer weight to look for. Once you have this number, you can compare it to TT dry weights by adding 1000 to 1500 to the dry weight. (I carry 1500# of stuff including water)
After you find/purchase a trailer within your weight limits, you'll then want to replace the P rated tires on the truck with LT.
Just remember, the further away you are from the TV's max limits, the better the tow.
Edit: I repeated some info from handye9. But we were writing at the same time.
