What do you tow with?
We have abandoned our plan to buy a small hybrid and are looking at a number of hard-sided TTs, in the 22'-26' range. We have to buy a new vehicle to tow it with and are thoroughly confused. We've d...
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MargaretB
Have you guys ever towed anything before? Pop up, car trailer anything?
Forums are great because you can get a lot of good information and forums are bad because you can get a lot of information that can be confusing.
What determines a travel trailer to be large is very subjective and everyone will have a different opinion. We pulled a 13 ft pop-up for years, that's small. Now we pull a Whitehawk (28DSBH, 32ft bumper to hitch), to me, that's big and I was very nervous about buying it because of the size. We traveled about 4000 miles this summer and it has taken most of that time for me to begin to feel confidant towing it and getting it in and out of places.
If you haven't done much towing you might really think about going used on everthing to make sure you will be comfortable towing, it will help you get a feel for it without as much monetary risk. If you go new and hate it or if you go to big and hate it, well it's gonna cost you.
If you are set on that trailer you need to check the dry weight on the yellow sticker not the published dry weight (they will be different) and you are going to be in a 1/2 ton truck no matter what you friend says. Check actual weights, don't go by published weights.
Have you guys ever towed anything before? Pop up, car trailer anything?
Forums are great because you can get a lot of good information and forums are bad because you can get a lot of information that can be confusing.
What determines a travel trailer to be large is very subjective and everyone will have a different opinion. We pulled a 13 ft pop-up for years, that's small. Now we pull a Whitehawk (28DSBH, 32ft bumper to hitch), to me, that's big and I was very nervous about buying it because of the size. We traveled about 4000 miles this summer and it has taken most of that time for me to begin to feel confidant towing it and getting it in and out of places.
If you haven't done much towing you might really think about going used on everthing to make sure you will be comfortable towing, it will help you get a feel for it without as much monetary risk. If you go new and hate it or if you go to big and hate it, well it's gonna cost you.
If you are set on that trailer you need to check the dry weight on the yellow sticker not the published dry weight (they will be different) and you are going to be in a 1/2 ton truck no matter what you friend says. Check actual weights, don't go by published weights.
