New to travel trailers. Seeking guidance
Hi everyone. While I am not new to camping I am new to the whole RV style of camping. My name is Jason. My wife and I are in the market looking to purchase a new (not used) tow behind travel trailer...
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M109Pilot wrote:Drew_K wrote:
What's your payload? It's on the sticker inside the driver door jamb and says something like "weight of passengers plus cargo not to exceed____." That's the weight number you need to focus on.
That number is 1380lbs.
Jason
From this number you need to subtract 1)the tongue weight of your trailer. This should be somewhere between 10% & 15% of the loaded weight of your trailer. 2) the weight of your particular Weight Distributing Hitch. 3) the weight of any after market items you may have added to your pickup, such as bed cover or cap, etc. 4) the weight of any passengers and yourself. 5) any stuff you plan to carry in the bed of the pickup.
From my experience, I ran out of cargo capacity of my 2005 F150 w/ 5.4 engine, long before I ran out of tow weight capacity.
