Weight of trailer and my tow vehicle
I have a 2013 Ford Explorer AWD LTD with factory towing package. It says that it is rated for 5000 pounds towing. When I've talked to different salespeople, I tend to get different answers as to this ...
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MitchF150 wrote:
Ha, my trailer has a dry weight of around #3500 and a GVWR of #5000 and I tow it with an F150 that has a tow rating of just a tad over #11,000...
I'm comfortable with that because I know it weighs every bit of that #5000 because I know I pack too much and will take any trailer I have to it's GVWR..
Give me a #7500 GVWR TT... I'll load it to that amount. Easy!
I'm just a weekend camper too, so those that don't load anything in their trailers, more power to ya!
I used to tent camp and always wanted more stuff when "camping" so got a trailer.. Loaded up all the stuff I want to take and there you go!
This is just me of course and I camp the way I want to camp and other's camp the way they want to camp..
How do you want to camp? That's the question. Bet that #4300 dry weight trailer has around a #6000 GVWR on it..
Good luck!
Mitch
I will second Mitch. My truck is rated at 7,000 lbs towing and payload capacity of 1,900 or so. I took months to find a trailer rated at less than 5,000 lbs dry to ensure I didn't get close to max. Add in six of us (rarely but it happens) and the truck is still happy. But personally I would never exceed limits. Could truck do it? Sure. Would she be happy? Not for long.
