Butch50 wrote:
I just read through this and I noticed something, you are planning on using this TT in the winter in ND and MN. I don't think you are going to find any trailer in the weights you are looking at that is going to be 4 season capable. Most trailer that handle cold weather are heavier. The tanks are all enclosed and they have more insulation than you well find in the light weights. Also towing when the roads are ice/snow covered is not something that is fun either.
I wouldn't do much driving in the winter. With this job, I work through my mid-winter break so i'm here pretty much from most of December until March or April. I also never drive unless the roads are clear. I wouldn't even drive my Escape by itself if it was snowing out. But once I am done with this job, I was hoping to stick to the southern part of the country during the winter months and only come up north from spring until fall.
If you think that you are only going to put in 150# of your stuff (as stated in earlier post). Then you state that you are talking everything you own in it. Si all of the stuff you own only weighs 150#? This is all of your pots and pans that you say you need because you like to cook.
I have never seen a trailer with enough kitchen space to even bring half my pots, pans, utensils, tools, etc. I was just going to bring the bare essentials, one pot, one pan, and a few utensils/silverware. As for the rest of my stuff, after living here for a year and a half, I have learned to simplify and I only bring a few small bags with me.
Something else I didn't see posted anywhere is you keep talking dry weight of the trailer. Dry weight is just that, dry no water, no batteries, no propane or tank, no water, no other items that are needed to RV or any other things that are added to the RV as an option like an AC. For instance water hose to put fresh water in the RV then sewer hose to dump with, chemicals needed for the potty and toilet paper. I come from the truck camper forum (but have had many trailers also) and we figure you are going to add about 1,000# of
additional weight to the dry weight.
Yeah I understand dry weight, and I don't remember talking about that specifically, that is why I always look at the GVWR of the trailer not the actual weight.
