Would you tow this trailer home?

Cool, I'll go check out the floor plan. Our MDX was also free and clear so didn't make sense to take the hit on our new car. Plus our new car gets about 34 miles per gallon so we'd like to keep it. Ha ha.

Oh, beware the yellow payload sticker inside the driver's door as you are shopping. One truck we looked at had an 1100 pound payload and with with tongue weight and people, we'd be at the payload and have no room for cargo.

We're looking at the Eagle premier 284bhbe. It's 6500 dry, 9250 GVWR. Any more trailer than that would be 3/4 ton category and I'm just not ready to bite that bullet right now. Our MDX is great, I would hate to see it go too. It's a '12 and paid off, so the smart financial thing to do would be to trade/sell that and get a truck and keep my fuel efficient diesel BMW but the wife isn't going for that! So now we'll have two guzzlers.

peejaykay wrote:
Haha, we did the same thing. Did a reality check, looked at our family and all of our stuff and decided that the X213 was not large enough and currently looking at trucks and selling my BMW. :( Wife won't let the Acura go.

I don't want to let the MDX go but our other car is a 2014 we just bought a few months ago so it would be silly to sell the new one. Our MDX is an '08 so it's been elected. I was used to the luxury of the MDX though so of course I picked a truck with all the creature comforts (heated and cooked front seats and heated rear seats).

What trailer are you going with now? I'm actually glad we don't have a heavier trailer as the payload of our new truck is just over 1500 so with the tongue and people, we still have room for cargo but not as much as I'd thought we'd have. It's lucky we're a light family! I'd either have to drop to a half ton with less goodies or move up to a 3/4 ton to haul a bigger trailer. And a 3/4 ton is too big for the garage (and for little 'ok me to park!).

Haha, we did the same thing. Did a reality check, looked at our family and all of our stuff and decided that the X213 was not large enough and currently looking at trucks and selling my BMW. :( Wife won't let the Acura go.

SilverEscape wrote:
And the end to this saga is that we bought our own truck to tow our trailer and pick it up in a couple days. We'll be selling our SUV.

That is good to know.

And the end to this saga is that we bought our own truck to tow our trailer and pick the truck up in a couple days. We'll be selling our SUV.

peejaykay wrote:
That seems kind of heavy, given they advertise a 330lb dry weight. Unless...

330+80(propane)+batteries/jack(60)+WDH(50) = 520ish

So we loaded it for camping and my hubby took it out to the weight station. Overall trailer weight was about 4900#. Tongue weight is another story. 595 pounds with one not completely full propane tank, NO spare tire and a slightly lighter electric tongue jack (ours was******so dealer replaced it and new one is a 2500# model with narrower tubes so it's lighter). There is about 20# of bedding on the front bunks, a bag of dirty laundry in the wardrobe, 4 towels hanging on the hooks in the bathroom, kitchen cabinets have 6 Corelle plates and bowls (the cheap plain white stuff), 2 pots, one frying pan, some plastic cups, and some other kitche stuff, nothing too outrageous.

We also tried the trailer completely empty with the exception of the bedding on the front bunks to weigh the tongue on a bathroom scale we have that goes to 550# and with only battery, tongue jack (NO propane), the tongue is around 518#. Right around 550# with ONE tank of propane. Even if you carried only the battery, no propane and swapped the tongue jack out for a manual, you'd still be at or slightly over 500#. And where would you put the propane each time anyway?

So I don't see how this trailer could ever be towed on a regular basis with a vehicle that has a 500# max tongue weight. We want to be able to take bikes and such too so tongue weight would only increase.

peejaykay wrote:
That seems kind of heavy, given they advertise a 330lb dry weight. Unless...

330+80(propane)+batteries/jack(60)+WDH(50) = 520ish

They advertise 390 for the 2015 models. And while their yellow sticker weight includes 2 full tanks of propane, I don't believe their advertised tongue weight does. So yes you need to add all of that plus the spare tire which is under the tongue.

peejaykay wrote:
That seems kind of heavy, given they advertise a 330lb dry weight. Unless...

330+80(propane)+batteries/jack(60)+WDH(50) = 520ish

It does seem high. We also have a 500lbs hitch limit and are looking at TT with 350lbs and 400lbs empty. They only have one 20lbs tank though.

Was the spare under the hitch?

That seems kind of heavy, given they advertise a 330lb dry weight. Unless...

330+80(propane)+batteries/jack(60)+WDH(50) = 520ish