tama2112 wrote:
mkirsch wrote:
No. Too heavy once loaded and ready to camp to tow comfortably.
You want something <7000lbs totally loaded with water and all your stuff.
Thanks for the reply! You'll find my RV salesperson's response interesting (as I said you really can't trust them):
For clarification of terms: GVWR on the UltraLite 28DDBH is 8800 lbs. This is what the camper axles have the capability to carry, the camper & everything in it. Unloaded weight is 7180 lbs. + 400 lbs of your personal stuff = approx. 7600 lbs. behind a vehicle that can tow 9200 lbs. Chances are that you'll never have the UltraLite weigh 8800 lbs. - you'd have to put 1600 lbs. of stuff in it - don't foresee that happening.
So, 15200 (Expedition GCWR) - 5864 (Expedition max curb weigh) - 480 (family) - 7600 (camper loaded) = 1256 left. This math makes sense to me. If the max GVWR of the camper can only be 7800 lbs., why would the Expedition have a towing capacity of 9200 lbs.? Honestly, the UltraLite will be fine behind the Expedition.
I have this same argument with my wife every time she wants to "upgrade".
If you hook up a tow strap and put your vehicle in D, you can tow 9200#. What you can't do is put the tongue weight of an 8800# trailer with WDH (1,150#) along with your other gear in the truck and "haul" it.
His simple math is correct, but he is telling you what you can tow and ignoring what you can haul.
And from personal experience, you don't want anything heavier than around 6,000# dry (7200# wet). I traded in a $30k trailer that was only 6 months old and took a $15k hit on it, because I was never comfortable towing it. This would have been the same 8800# trailer.
