Jeep GC and TT Towing Assistance
Hi all I'm new to this forum and the travel trailer thing. We just bought a Winnebago Micro Minnie with a weight of 3010 and I have a 2011 Jeep Grand Cherokee V6-Pentastar 290hp 3.6L engine. I bought ...
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You have roughly 500 pounds for the Jeep. You can add weight to the camper until you hit the gross weight rating for the camper. But you are also adding to the tongue weight when adding to the trailer.
Figure about 1 pound of tongue weight added for every 8 pounds of cargo added.
So, if you add 240 pounds of stuff in the camper, 30 pounds of that is added to the tongue. And that will decrease your working payload to 470 pounds.
When I did was to load the camper like we were going camping, then went to the scales. That way most of the guesswork is done with and you have real numbers to work with.
Figure about 1 pound of tongue weight added for every 8 pounds of cargo added.
So, if you add 240 pounds of stuff in the camper, 30 pounds of that is added to the tongue. And that will decrease your working payload to 470 pounds.
When I did was to load the camper like we were going camping, then went to the scales. That way most of the guesswork is done with and you have real numbers to work with.
