jlfought wrote:
Just checking out the 2008 McKenzie we are looking at Thursday and see that it is a 30' TT ( 32' from hitch) and is showing a GVWR of 11000 it self, dry weight about 6750. Don't feel like that is much better but suppose it would handle better being smaller that the Ducthmen?? The Dutchmen dry weight is listed as 8,146, though the seller said it was only 7,600lbs.
We would still need another vehicle regardless. The suggestions are a Diesel Excursion,3/4 ton Burb or 1 ton van. At least I am getting things narrowed down and some clarity.
This forum has been such a life saver- perhaps literally! (:
I am leaning toward not going with the dutchmen. As beautiful and perfect for us as it is, I don't know that it's worth the safety risk especially us being new to all this. We'll have enough headaches along the way and don't need to purposely add another one (;
My husband and I will have to talk and pray about it. Ill be sure to have read through all the great advice on here (=
Feedback is still appreciated though as we make our final decisions. Especially since the McKenzies GVWR is only 1,000 lbs less than the Dutchmen. I'm about to just have us sleep in the back of our Burb lol
I think the difference in the 2 trailers size wise is more significant than you think as it pertains to what you can tow it with. 1400 lbs and 9 feet is considerable. The smaller trailer sounds like a good match for the 2500 burb including your "small" family. The larger would be pushing the limits and possibly exceeding them. As long as you can find something in that size that you can live with floorplan wise, then that would be the most prudent move all things considered. IMHO of course. :)
