new to rv life
Hello forum!, after a lot of research and looking my fiance and I purchased a travel trailer...My job forces me to spend a lot of time on the road, considerable time at each location. We are committe...
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jadams04 wrote:
Thank you all for the welcomes, advice and links. I should clarify the towing situation, I researched this issue and tried to be careful in my selection...my job forces me to be at a single job site for a long period of time, anywhere from 4 months to 12 months...considering, we plan to tow as light as possible to each location, once we get settled we will load up with water, food, etc... It is nice to hear the positive compliments on the flagstaffs!
-cheers
Good plan Jason. Do yourself a favour, though. Load up the trailer in your 'light' condition then head to the scales. Paper weights are just guidelines at best and are in many instances very 'ballpark'. Once you' baseline' the rig on the scales you will have a much better picture of where you stand and if / how weights need to be shifted.
You want to shoot for a tongue weight that is 12% or thereabouts of the total trailer weight, which itself should be (prudently) list than 80% of the truck's capacity.That way you have some margin for non-flat terrain and heavy head winds, etc.
As for fuel economy - this is far removed from pulling a popup (more frontal projected area) and 10 mpg seems to be an often-quoted number. The V-front does not significantly alter that despite what the marketing departments say.
Good luck, have fun, and stay safe. :)
