question regarding 2000 suburban 2500
Hi all I have been lurking for years but am a newbie to the whole RV lifestyle. finally making a 10 year dream come true and we will be fulltiming for 1 year with 5 kids and a puggle. :C We curren...
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You're kind of in the same boat as I am. My family of five, including three teenages, weighs in around 850 lbs. We have a 3/4-ton Burb as well. Even though it's an '08, the weight numbers are very similar to your '01.
The most important number for you is payload. A 3/4 ton Burb can carry about 2000 lbs of payload. Subtract your family and gear, and you're probably left with about 1000 lbs of payload. This is important because the tongue weight of the trailer is part of your payload. Typical tongue weight of a trailer is about 13% of total weight, so that puts your maximum trailer weight around 7700 lbs.
My current trailer is a 26' triple bunk. Dry weight is 5565, and GVWR of the trailer is 7800. This means the trailer can carry about 2200 lbs of gear.
Here's the weigh slip from our last trip:
Now, the GVWR of the Suburban is 8600 lbs. That's the total maximum recommended weight on the 4 wheels. If you add the first two numbers, you get exactly 8600 lbs. Which means I'm using ALL of my available payload with this trailer. And this was for only a two-week trip.
A quad bunk trailer might be pushing it a bit with regards to weight. You might be able to get away with it if you pack minimal gear in the Suburban, and pack the trailer wisely. In other words - heavier stuff would be placed towards the rear of the trailer, to keep from increasing the tongue weight on the Suburban.
The most important number for you is payload. A 3/4 ton Burb can carry about 2000 lbs of payload. Subtract your family and gear, and you're probably left with about 1000 lbs of payload. This is important because the tongue weight of the trailer is part of your payload. Typical tongue weight of a trailer is about 13% of total weight, so that puts your maximum trailer weight around 7700 lbs.
My current trailer is a 26' triple bunk. Dry weight is 5565, and GVWR of the trailer is 7800. This means the trailer can carry about 2200 lbs of gear.
Here's the weigh slip from our last trip:
Now, the GVWR of the Suburban is 8600 lbs. That's the total maximum recommended weight on the 4 wheels. If you add the first two numbers, you get exactly 8600 lbs. Which means I'm using ALL of my available payload with this trailer. And this was for only a two-week trip.
A quad bunk trailer might be pushing it a bit with regards to weight. You might be able to get away with it if you pack minimal gear in the Suburban, and pack the trailer wisely. In other words - heavier stuff would be placed towards the rear of the trailer, to keep from increasing the tongue weight on the Suburban.
