Towing capacity for older SUV?

Bumpyroad wrote:
the dry weight in the literature is a joke. what does it really weigh?
add your 1,000 lbs. to that.

Listed factory dry weight is not a "joke" but rather is the weight of a base model as it sits at the factory ready to be shipped. The catch of course is that very few if any trailers that do leave the factory are base models and as a result the stickered dry weight will actually be quite a bit more due to any options or accessories that may be added at the factory level. As an example, my own Coachmen Freedom Express 192RBS has a listed factory dry weight of 3535 lbs but in reality it's actual stickered weight as it left the factory was 280 lbs more at 3815 lbs. Once at the dealership one must allow for the weight of a battery and gas in the propane tanks, and since I always travel with the water heater tank full and the fresh water holding tank at least partially full that adds even more weight. My "so-called 3535 lb" trailer actually weighs about 4000 lbs before any cargo of any kind is added to the trailer. The OP has expressed interest in a trailer with a factory listed dry weight of 3649 lbs, more than 100 lbs more than mine, and as a result I'd bet this trailer would weigh a minimum of 4100 lbs before any cargo is added. I'd be surprised to see the weight of this trailer to be much less than ~ 5000 lbs loaded and ready to camp. All that said, I'd see it's overall length of 25' 11" to also be FAR too great for such a short wheelbase vehicle as the OP is suggesting.