Travel Trailer Tow questions
My wife and I have been thinking about trading in our 2012 Palomino Yearling 4100 popup camper for a travel trailer. We know what floorplan we want in a travel trailer and have been researching variou...
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Your biggest weight problem is going to be the cargo capacity of your tow vehicle. The tongue weight of the trailer should be 10-15% of the loaded trailer weight. That tongue weight becomes part of your cargo. To that, you will need to add a good weight distributing hitch such as Equal-i-zer (about 60 lb), plus the weight of all passengers and their belongings loaded in the Cherokee.
So find the cargo capacity of your vehicle and start doing the math.
Tow rating is only part of the equation when it comes to selecting a proper vehicle/RV combo.
So find the cargo capacity of your vehicle and start doing the math.
Tow rating is only part of the equation when it comes to selecting a proper vehicle/RV combo.
