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DM6156
Jun 08, 2018Explorer
SoonerWing03 wrote:
We are looking for our first travel trailer and feel overwhelmed by the search. Would love some suggestions on which lightweight models we should look at.
Needs to sleep 5+
GVWR needs to be less than 6,000 lbs (Pulling with a Tahoe)
Prefer a bunkhouse option
Wife prefers a dedicated bedroom rather than a Murphy Bed (but I am working on her as this seems to really limit our options)
Currently considering options like:
Apex Ultra-Lite 245BHS
Bullet 243BHS
But I am sure that I am overlooking some. Also, more than looking at the GVWR I am looking at the Dry Weight and adding 1,500 lbs to come up with the under 6,000. Simply because I have seen some with a dry weight of 4,100 and GVWR of 7,000. The GVWR would put it out of my range but in reality there is no way that I would load 2,900 lbs in it. Hopefully that is logical,
Don't just look at the GVW or dry weight, also look at the tongue weight. I just purchased a light weight TT myself (just over 3k dry and 3700 max). I found MANY TT's that fit < ~3500 weight i was looking for but found very few that fit my tongue weight. I don't recall which model, but one of the TT's i looked at had almost 600 lb dry tongue weight! This particular TT had storage in front so tongue weight was going to only go up.
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