Jayco vs Forest River Salem vs Open Range
Looking to finally make the plunge and get our 1st RV and are torn between a few units and curious if anyone can shed some light as to quality or anything else.... Looking at these guys: Whitehawk...
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itguy08 wrote:
Thanks. The tongue on the 306RKDS does give me pause but I was wondering being a rear kitchen that by the time you get the heavy stuff back there the tongue would end up lightening or even staying the same?
According to the yellow sticker on the truck, I've got 1800 lbs of payload on the truck. It's got the Max Tow package which bumps up payload a few hundred lbs. over the base and I think gives you a little beefier suspension and coolers (trans/oil).
We really like the space of the Open Range LT272RLS and the tongue weight of 785 lbs would give us plenty of breathing room.
You may have the payload, but do you have the RAWR and hitch rating? TW is measured prior to hooking up the WDH.
1300lbs of TW will add more than 1300lb to the rear axle and fidning a WDH that will restore all the weight to the front axle with that much TW is going to have more tensoin on it that I would want to run down the road with.
I wouldn't consider any of the trailers you listed with a 1/2 ton, but that might just be me and where I tow.
