towing with suv???
Does anyone know of a lite weight travel trailer good for a couple that could be towed with an SUV?
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You can improve towing with a Expy by changing out the P tires for LT's. You can change out the gears in the rear end if you don't have the towing package already. You can even slap a turbo on the 5.4 and give it 600 hp. You will have a truck you can take to the drag strip and probably win with BUT you will still have a tongue weight limit of 900 pounds.
Can you run at or exceed your limits and get away with it, maybe. You may find that for perfect situations that there are no issue but in a emergency situation you are SOL. You may find that there are bearings that can handle the load but over loaded for hours on end may cause them to over heat and be smoked. It isn't always the biggest parts failing that gets ya.
Go beyond the tongue weight and you have to look at payload. Our 07 has 1745 pounds of payload to play with. Take 1100 pounds of tongue weight out of that and you have 600 pounds or less depending on how much your hitch weighs. In our case the dogs, Honey and I weigh a total of 400 pounds plus a full tank of gas and whatever else is in the truck. Now you are talking not just exceeding the tongue weigh but also bumping up against the total payload. (BTW different Expys have different payloads. the 03 has 1565 lbs, some have over 1800 lb)
There is also a limit as far as how much the total rig can weigh. your trailer will likely be running at 8000 pounds and a Expy is 5600 pounds dry PLUS passengers, gas, etc. That's 14000 pounds, is that limit being pushed too?
To me the numbers are there to tell you what the truck can safely do. It is your family in there, do what you think is best for them.
Can you run at or exceed your limits and get away with it, maybe. You may find that for perfect situations that there are no issue but in a emergency situation you are SOL. You may find that there are bearings that can handle the load but over loaded for hours on end may cause them to over heat and be smoked. It isn't always the biggest parts failing that gets ya.
Go beyond the tongue weight and you have to look at payload. Our 07 has 1745 pounds of payload to play with. Take 1100 pounds of tongue weight out of that and you have 600 pounds or less depending on how much your hitch weighs. In our case the dogs, Honey and I weigh a total of 400 pounds plus a full tank of gas and whatever else is in the truck. Now you are talking not just exceeding the tongue weigh but also bumping up against the total payload. (BTW different Expys have different payloads. the 03 has 1565 lbs, some have over 1800 lb)
There is also a limit as far as how much the total rig can weigh. your trailer will likely be running at 8000 pounds and a Expy is 5600 pounds dry PLUS passengers, gas, etc. That's 14000 pounds, is that limit being pushed too?
To me the numbers are there to tell you what the truck can safely do. It is your family in there, do what you think is best for them.
