New to Travel Trailers

Frankd90 wrote:
Hello!

I'm looking into buying my 1st travel trailer and I'd like something no more than 20ft. I don't have a huge budget (10k) and I'm looking for something that can sleep 4 people.

So my concerns are that I have a few passengers that are on the larger side (300+ pounds) and I am looking for something more utilitarian. I'm more concerned with durability, longer-lasting, etc than I am luxury.

I'm very much new to this so please bear with me.

Thanks

Frank

Cart before the horse.

What do you have to tow with?

Specs of the tow vehicle please..

Need info like type of vehicle/make/model/yr, GVWR, unladen weight and/or available cargo weight of vehicle.

If 2008 and newer there will be a yellow cargo sticker on the drivers side door or drivers side door post..

Tongue of the trailer becomes "cargo" of the vehicle so it is extremely important to know just how much available cargo weight you have for the tongue after you subtract your passengers and gear that is put into the vehicle.

Tongue weight of trailer MUST be 10%-15% of the trailer weight to ensure stability of the entire rig.

So, we can calculate the max trailer you can safely tow by using the available cargo weight of the tow vehicle.

As far a $10K budget, that rules out anything new, you WILL be looking at USED trailers. The downside of that is you are at the mercy of what is for sale near you.

Also, if your vehicle is not equipped with hitch, 7 pin trailer connector and or brake controller, those WILL need to be added at extra cost.