SUV Tow vehicle suggestions
Hi all! New to the RV world and jumping in head first out of necessity. We bought a 35’ Coleman Lantern 314bh and are having it towed to our destination for long term living during the work week. That...
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Bankoske wrote:
Thanks for the feedback. Let me expound a couple items...
Our family of 5 consists of my wife, my 11, 7, and 3 year olds And how much will they weigh next year, and the next, and how much stuff toys clothes, etc will they have with them? It all individually may seem minor, but it does add up. which adds about 600 lbs to the vehicle's gvwr. The max tongue load for the older Expedition is 920 lbs and the tow weight is 9200 and the 2018 is 930/9300. The GVRW of the Expedition varies from 1700-2000 lbs.
If you bumped the tongue weight to say 850,You said 740 for empty, add 60 lbs for propane, minimum 60 more for a battery, and whatever you store in the pass through. added the 600 lbs from the family, and another 300 lbs of "stuff", we would be right at the limit of the gvwr but would still be well within the limit of towing. That said, if we were mindful of the situation, we could also load the gear in the trailer itself and stay well below the tow weight.
Thoughts?
Jeff
And remember the hitch, it has weight too.
Can you pull it? YES, heck a toyota pulled the space shuttle, but you are taxing everything to its max, and more so than pulling it, you also have to ask how well you can stop it.
Also if I read your first post correctly, you're looking at fulltiming in this stationary for a while and then starting to travel, the kids are going to want toys and "stuff" in general that will build up quickly in a residential use.
It's going to be a difficult task if thats the case keeping the weight down.
