parker.rowe wrote:
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.
Yes, this is true if I compare with my previous 20 feet travel trailer I towed with the Caravan, where I have lot of wind resistance because of height and width, the popup feel totally invisible behind it. I even don't see any change in gas mileage. With my Caravan (V6 3.6L), on highway I am doing 27-28 MPG and last summer, with the pop-up camper behind it, I've done a few 1000-1300 miles road trip mostly on secondary roads (one specific trip was in the mountain) and the Caravan done 26 MPGd! So no need to mention how this small pop-up is light and easy to tow.
Good point, I'm gonna check with RockAuto for cooling parts.
