Small Trailer Weight suggestions
Hello All, Throwing this out there to hear some thoughts. I am helping my in-laws find their first every travel trailer. I have had travel trailers for 20 years but have only ever had a HD truck ...
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More than likely, they will be close to 6k# loaded. That would be about 720# tongue weight.
Leaves about 450# for passengers and stuff. That would be uncomfortably close for me, both the truck and the trailer.
Our trailer brochure dry weight was about 3800# and weighed over 4200# dry as scaled. We average 5k# loaded and have over 1000# as a cushion.
We had a Frontier 4x4 that pulled it fine all over the US. It was maxed out on payload and axles but not on max tow.
An actual dry weight of about 3500# would be my max target.
Leaves about 450# for passengers and stuff. That would be uncomfortably close for me, both the truck and the trailer.
Our trailer brochure dry weight was about 3800# and weighed over 4200# dry as scaled. We average 5k# loaded and have over 1000# as a cushion.
We had a Frontier 4x4 that pulled it fine all over the US. It was maxed out on payload and axles but not on max tow.
An actual dry weight of about 3500# would be my max target.
