Weight question

As downtheroad said it's kind of personal. I'd take my present trailer's weight and subtract it's dry weight to get a rough number of how much stuff we pack. That would give you an idea of how much you will probably carry in the new trailer.

Example: I know my trailer weights around 12,000# with a dry weight of 10,500# so we added 1,500# of stuff and mods (ie 2nd AC unit). If I was looking for a new unit, I would know to add 1,500 to 2,000# of stuff (to be on the safe side) to the dry weight. I would then take 25% for my new pin weight. My present pin weight is 22% so I have a margin of error built in.

Enjoy shopping.

A couple for a weekend around 800lbs, family of four pushes 1200lbs in my experiences. This only accounts for gear like camp chairs, bbq, games etc, clothes and food.

Longer duration trips and heavy packers could easily exceed 2000lbs though.

It depends on you if you are full-timing then probably up to 1800 lbs easy. Just weekending then less depending on how much roughing it you want to do. For example before full timing we just took cell phone now the laptop comes and we have a printer. We used to carry one spare but now 2 spares (and yes we have needed them both and at the time I was VERY happy to have them both).
So it depends on your intended use.

I have a 17,000 GVWR on my 97 Bounder motorhome. From the factory, they claim it is 14,700 pounds, leaving me a 2,300 cargo rating.

Once while driving from Oregon to California, just after filling with fuel and water, the motorhome was at 16,800 pounds. With two passengers and two large dogs on board. So we used up most of the 2,300 pound cargo rating. Say 1,500 pounds of stuff inside.

This includes solar panels, chairs, patio mat, awnings, bicycles, and many other things.

Fred.

Hard to call...depends on your, "style," as a traveler and camper.

Rough rule of thumb - 300 to 1000 lbs.
Check the CC (carrying capacity) for the trailer you are considering.

The important number is the LOADED tongue weight of the trailer and the PAYLOAD capacity of the tow vehicle.

Generally 1,000 to 1,200 pounds.

Bruce