vlopddap wrote:
rexlion wrote:
What is the hitch weight of your popup when loaded for camping? Max hitch weight for the receiver is probably 350 lbs, but you should check on this.
Since the trailer is "stripped out" (no propane, no battery, etc.) the tongue weight is extremely low, I can lift, pull or push the trailer by hand in my yard without any issue... seriously, it's very lightweight!
rexlion wrote:
Figure the weight of occupants, add the weight of options and any other cargo you'll carry in the vehicle, and maybe you have to add the weight of a full tank of gas. Now add the hitch weight to all of that. Are you bumping really close to 1000 lbs?
I would say that I am surely pretty close to 1000. But in comparaison, I towed for a while a 20 feet travel trailer with my Grand Caravan (1500 pounds payload) where I have the same 4 passengers, but much of luggages (we are traveling for several weeks back that time) and tongue weight of the trailer was 400+ pounds (with weight distribution). So I was definitely near or over the 1500 pounds payload of the Caravan... without any issue for several years and thousands and thousands of miles in the mountain.
I had a similar weight popup(not stripped, @1400lbs before gear) and I could pick up the tongue myself and roll it around. Not much tongue weight there unless you load lead bricks in the front.
We towed it with a Traverse rated to tow 3500, although that is a much bigger "car-chassis" SUV.
And with a pop up you don't get as much wind resistance issues that make a travel trailer harder to tow even if the weight's are in line.
Check rock auto and see if they carry the HD cooling radiator for the truck. Then you can see what the difference is between that and the standard one.
