What can I tow safely with my TV
Hello all wise ones out there! I plan to hit the road full-time next spring. I will drive a fair amount to explore much of this grand country I call home-including some mountain areas (Rv at the par...
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Weight while in many cases is the limiting factor, size also comes into play. Start looking at trailers in the 20 foot or under range. Trailers much longer could create a tail wagging the dog situation that you definitely would not like. You need to load your Jeep up like it would be when trqveling, kids, wives, dogs, cats, ice chests, toys etc, and drive acoiss a set of scales. That subtracted from the vehicles GVWR as listed on the drivers door post tag will tell you your net cargo capacity. Remember, any trailers you look at are without anything in them. So disregard the advertised dry or shipping weights. Instead take 12-15% of the trailers GVWR as your worst case tongue weight. Does that number fit under your available payload?
