recommendations on light weight campers
Hi, I'm thinking about purchasing a tow behing trailer, but my wife and I's vehicles have a 3500lb towing capacity I dont know much about trailers, so decided to ask you folks. We need somet...
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handye9 wrote:
That 3500 lb tow capacity is considering the driver only weighs 150 lbs, has NO passengers, and has NO cargo. After you load your family and cargo into one of those vehicles, it's tow capacity could be well under 3000 lbs.
This is not necessarily true - check the manual for your exact vehicle. For instance, the Toyota Sienna allows for about 800 lbs of payload in the vehicle. After subtracting off the 400-500 lbs of tongue weight, that leaves 300-400 lbs for passengers and cargo.
There are several lightweight (~2700-~3100 lbs with mandatory options) trailers available - look for the 17-19' models with 2 bunk ends.
If you don't want to have to worry as much about what you put in the trailer, look more towards the lower end of that. (Jayco and KZ both have models down in the 2500-2700 range.)
Regardless, you'll not want to tow with full water tanks. Water is heavy.
