Hi,I am thinking of buying a travel trailer this year. Looking for something short and fairly lightweight due to the limitations of my TV. 2014 Ram quad cab express. The major limitation is going to be payload. Yellow sticker says 1,390 lbs. I was wondering for those of you have ever actually weighed your gear. (Net after empty trailer vs full trailer!) What a typical weight is for all the gear usually brought. Obviously, there will be lots of variables but I am trying to get a ballpark!One trailers I am thinking of is the Flagstaff Micro Lite 25BRDS. Seems like a perfect trade off between features and weight!Thanks,-Rick

Cicch95 wrote:Looking for something short and fairly lightweight due to the limitations of my TV. 2014 Ram quad cab express. The major limitation is going to be payload. Yellow sticker says 1,390 lbs. I was wondering for those of you have ever actually weighed your gear. (Net after empty trailer vs full trailer!) What a typical weight is for all the gear usually brought. Obviously, there will be lots of variables but I am trying to get a ballpark!With limited truck payload capacity your greatest "variable" is how many people in the truck and how much they weigh - which you haven't indicated at all. As far as trailer cargo weight is concerned a lot of us would consider 1000 lbs as a not unreasonable estimate and although the heavier the trailer the greater will be the gross tongue weight whether that "1000 lbs" actually works out to 800 lbs or 1200 lbs isn't directly related to your truck's rather limited payload capacity.

Cicch95 wrote:One trailers I am thinking of is the Flagstaff Micro Lite 25BRDS. Seems like a perfect trade off between features and weight!Assuming 1000 lbs of gear this trailer will average at least 6100 lbs, in which case you should be running at least 800 lbs of gross tongue weight. Subtract that from your truck's payload capacity and that's what you have left for everything else in the truck. If the trailer's gross weight works out to be even higher it's gross tongue weight will be too. Got enough payload left to work with? :@

It is really hard to give a typical gear weight. Some people like us came from popups or tents, and we tend to travel lite, as most of our stuff is compact, and lite. We only carry what we need, or use. We carry less than 1000lbs. In truth it is around 650. And we have plenty of stuff. However. Some want to carry the same stuff, they have in the house, and tool shed at home. Things they will never use, But just in case, and as they started with a TT, or 5er. don't get the compact, lite stuff. I have a friend who's camper is stiffed to the gills with things he doesn't even know he has. And yes. He carries way more than 1000lbs. so you see. It is all relative.

Add up what your family weighs and subtract that from the 1390 lbs. Now subtract the 660 lbs that the tongue weighs from that. Now subtract another 100 lbs for the WDH. Thats what you have left for tongue weight items like a battery (50lbs), propane (40 lbs) and any gear that will go in the truck or in front of the TT axles. Lets say 200 lbs. Just for speculation purposes it looks like you would have a TW of around 950 lbs. 1390-950=440lbs. So you have in theory less than 440lbs for family and all the stuff that won't fit in the TT that will go in the truck. Looks too close for me.

Weight of my HTT dry was aprox 2.900 according to the local truck stop. With everything I need for camping including full water tank and food the weight was 3.490. I am sure we have gained weight since that time.

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SoundGuy
Explorer
Mar 01, 2017
Cicch95 wrote:
One trailers I am thinking of is the Flagstaff Micro Lite 25BRDS. Seems like a perfect trade off between features and weight!

Assuming 1000 lbs of gear this trailer will average at least 6100 lbs, in which case you should be running at least 800 lbs of gross tongue weight. Subtract that from your truck's payload capacity and that's what you have left for everything else in the truck. If the trailer's gross weight works out to be even higher it's gross tongue weight will be too. Got enough payload left to work with? :@
SoundGuy
Explorer
Mar 01, 2017
Cicch95 wrote:
Looking for something short and fairly lightweight due to the limitations of my TV. 2014 Ram quad cab express. The major limitation is going to be payload. Yellow sticker says 1,390 lbs.

I was wondering for those of you have ever actually weighed your gear. (Net after empty trailer vs full trailer!) What a typical weight is for all the gear usually brought. Obviously, there will be lots of variables but I am trying to get a ballpark!

With limited truck payload capacity your greatest "variable" is how many people in the truck and how much they weigh - which you haven't indicated at all. As far as trailer cargo weight is concerned a lot of us would consider 1000 lbs as a not unreasonable estimate and although the heavier the trailer the greater will be the gross tongue weight whether that "1000 lbs" actually works out to 800 lbs or 1200 lbs isn't directly related to your truck's rather limited payload capacity.

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