Trailer Length definition
I just bought my first trailer. The seller called it a 26-footer. But the model is a 250T, which implies 25 feet to me. The actual box of the trailer measures about 23.5 and the length from bumper ...
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The campground length thing sucks... But I usually fib on the short side and hang over the end of the parking pad. Luckily we only rarely camp in campgrounds.
I'll be taking my 50' overall setup to Yellowstone this year, in a 40' spot at canyon. I have done it 7' shorter with LOTS of room to spare.
My current TT has the shortest tongue I have ever seen, or measured, on a TT and I am 3' to the inch shorter on the box than the total length. I am so short up front that 6v batteries don't fit and the battery boxes for 2 G24's required modification. The current model of my TT is 8" longer and still on the short side of average.
My point is I don't see many trailers is the 3-3.5' shorter range, most are 4-5' by the time you consider tongue and bumper. My previous TT had as average tongue and it was a 4' difference.
Both of my trailers have had the shortest tongues of all the TT's we regularly camp around.
I still say that most trailer model numbers are based on box size; however, a few aren't. There is also a difference in where they measure. Is it the interior floor length, the exterior max length, or interior max length? There are trailers where those 3 would have over a foot of variance. Additionally since most mfgrs don't publish their box size who knows how people are measuring them. I measured the exterior max length, but someone else may measure the interior floor length.
One thing is for sure, there is no industry standard... But box size does play a role in model numbering.
I'll be taking my 50' overall setup to Yellowstone this year, in a 40' spot at canyon. I have done it 7' shorter with LOTS of room to spare.
Mike Up wrote:ah64id wrote:
I thought we were talking about box size vs model, not total length?
The box size will be around 3' to 3.5' less than the total length as that is the length of the tongue. The variance is from some boxes overlapping the tongue. So that gives you a box size of 26'7" to 26'1", much longer than the model's 22 number as I stated. However as stated above, the box is 25' for this specific model.
And most makers do not measure box lengths as it doesn't matter for anything. Only the total length matters for storage, campsites, and vehicle towing based on the tow vehicle's wheelbase.
I think there's 1 or 2 makers that measure boxes and that's about it. Different when you are talking pop ups though. ;)
My current TT has the shortest tongue I have ever seen, or measured, on a TT and I am 3' to the inch shorter on the box than the total length. I am so short up front that 6v batteries don't fit and the battery boxes for 2 G24's required modification. The current model of my TT is 8" longer and still on the short side of average.
My point is I don't see many trailers is the 3-3.5' shorter range, most are 4-5' by the time you consider tongue and bumper. My previous TT had as average tongue and it was a 4' difference.
Both of my trailers have had the shortest tongues of all the TT's we regularly camp around.
I still say that most trailer model numbers are based on box size; however, a few aren't. There is also a difference in where they measure. Is it the interior floor length, the exterior max length, or interior max length? There are trailers where those 3 would have over a foot of variance. Additionally since most mfgrs don't publish their box size who knows how people are measuring them. I measured the exterior max length, but someone else may measure the interior floor length.
One thing is for sure, there is no industry standard... But box size does play a role in model numbering.
