How heavy of a trailer can I get?
OK so I just posted another topic about my payload but after the help of others, I figured out that with everyone in the vehicle (including another child down the road) and our gas tank full we are le...
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1,000 pounds to dry weight is very low, 2,000 is much more realistic.
40 gallons of water, 60lbs of propane, and extra battery (if you dry camp) and that 1,000 lbs is nearly half gone.
Food and clothing adds up very quick.
Our camper has a dry weight of 6,350 lbs and the lightest it has ever been is just over 7,000lbs without water or food. It's not difficult at all to get it to 2,000lbs over dry weight, not counting the 100lbs of hitch. Dry weight is not always accurate.
Not all trailers will be that way, but without loading and weighing a trailer there isn't a safer way to compute max trailer weight.
That brings up a good point, the WDH will take ~100lbs off your payload. A 4,000 dry weight is the max I would look for.
40 gallons of water, 60lbs of propane, and extra battery (if you dry camp) and that 1,000 lbs is nearly half gone.
Food and clothing adds up very quick.
Our camper has a dry weight of 6,350 lbs and the lightest it has ever been is just over 7,000lbs without water or food. It's not difficult at all to get it to 2,000lbs over dry weight, not counting the 100lbs of hitch. Dry weight is not always accurate.
Not all trailers will be that way, but without loading and weighing a trailer there isn't a safer way to compute max trailer weight.
That brings up a good point, the WDH will take ~100lbs off your payload. A 4,000 dry weight is the max I would look for.
