K-Z Escape Mini M181RK Carrying Capacity

Question

I am looking at getting one of these, going to go to the dealer a little later on this week to look at it in person - so far I'm just going off discussions over the phone with the dealer, and information online from the dealer and K-Z's website.

Initially my concern is carrying capacity. The trailer weighs ~2500lbs dry, with a rated carrying capacity of ~600 pounds. I'm concerned that 600lbs is not much. My wife and I would eat up at least 3/4 of that weight. We wouldn't even be able to put a loaf of bread in the trailer without overloading it once we add propane, batteries, and a tank of water. Obviously we would not be in the trailer when in transit, but we would be in it when camping.

Am I thinking about this wrong? Here's a link to the trailer's specs from K-Z's website:

https://www.kz-rv.com/products/escape-mini-travel-trailers/M181RK.html

ependydad · Answer

You only have to worry about the carrying capacity when it's going down the road, so your and your wife's weight do not apply.

However, 600 lbs. is frightfully low but I don't know what is normal for tiny trailers.

goducks10 · Answer

It's probably less than that. Brochure weights are usually off.
An R-Pod-179 which is identical has 1036 lbs for CCC.
Doubt you can add 600 lbs since there's really no where to put very much stuff unlike a large TT or 5th wheel.
You'll probably be at the max on the axle. Not sure what kind of camping you intend to do so if you want to carry water then that will eat up 240 lbs alone.

mz-s · Answer

goducks10 wrote:It's probably less than that. Brochure weights are usually off. An R-Pod-179 which is identical has 1036 lbs for CCC.Doubt you can add 600 lbs since there's really no where to put very much stuff unlike a large TT or 5th wheel. You'll probably be at the max on the axle. Not sure what kind of camping you intend to do so if you want to carry water then that will eat up 240 lbs alone.Yeah my concern is the max on the axle, seems like they really should have made this puppy a tandem.We do plan on doing some boondocking so we will be traveling with water a decent amount. I'm wondering if this is a good trailer for us with this in mind, or if I am worrying about nothing. 300lbs of gear after water is a lot of gear, probably more cargo than this trailer has space for.

soundguy · Answer

mz-s wrote:We do plan on doing some boondocking so we will be traveling with water a decent amount. I'm wondering if this is a good trailer for us with this in mind, or if I am worrying about nothing.This is a common problem with many smaller single axle trailers and IMO you're right to be concerned.  One of the things that attracted us to the 192RBS was it's CCC in excess of 2000 lbs which allowed us to carry as much as we wanted in cargo even with the FW tank full.  In fact, because I always serviced the waste tanks here at home using a macerator we always came home with content also in the black tank - no issues at all when the trailer has plenty of CCC.

jfkmk · Answer

Our first trailer had about 600# ccc. Admittedly, I never weighed the trailer to see if I was over the gross, but we did weigh the “permanent” things as we put them in the trailer. I don’t thing the food weighed all that much, it was a small fridge. We were right about at the ccc, but never had an issue towing it all over the east coast.

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