Towing a 24' enclosed trailer

They make aluminum trailers.

My bud has a 7x31 ft aluminum trailer that weighed under 2500lbs new. He added insulation in walls ceiling and under floor, interior wall panels, a 42k btu rv furnace, battery and inverter and is around 3k lbs now.

We use it for trips to the mtns with snowmobiles. We don't stay in it, just did that stuff for a mobile garage for when we have to repair the sleds. Mtn riding is hard on the equipment...

My 8.5x20 enclosed is about 3500 lbs empty. You will most likely be over your receiver rating even with a WDH. I looked at motor homes with 10,000 lb tow capacity prior to going to my truck combination and could not afford the Super C or diesel pusher required to tow that much weight (there are some V10 E450's with 8000 lb towing capacity). I suspect if you stay out of the hills and mountains, you can do it but will not be pleased if you attempt elevation.

I,towed an 8.5x20 enclosed trlr with side by side and motorcycles behind our 06 Sightseer 26. I made sure not to have alot of toungue weight. It went over the sierra 's 45 mph which is the same speed our next mh a dsl pusher did it at. Only differance was the gasser got 4mpg. Freinds used to heckle me as the trlr was nearly as long as the mh.

As said, it'll be a dog esp uphill, but it's a big block at least.
Check the hitch condition and rating and I'd have a trans temp guage.
As said if it's a steel trailer, it's around 3500lbs empty. If you happened to get an aluminum one like a featherlite or triton, then it may be about 2klbs empty, but your wallet would be significantly lighter too, so win win for towing!

If you do decide to tow that trailer, make sure your transmission and trans cooler are up to the task. Friends had a similar motorhome and had transmission issues (at least one complete rebuild) until they had a cooler installed that kept the trans temp reasonable.

You won't have any problem towing a 24' trailer if empty.
But if you put anything much inside it, your will be over the GCWR of your MH.

You may be under GCWR with 1 snowmobile but not more.

Yes, the rating should be on a sticker on the hitch. It will either be 350/3500 or 500/5000, tongue/trailer weight.

Or you could just go ahead and tow it... On Sunday evenings I see several old motorhomes towing giant enclosed trailers on their way home from the race track. An empty 8.5x24' enclosed trailer weighs close to 4000lbs so they have to be pushing 7000-8000lbs in these trailers with the race cars/bikes and support equipment.

Just going on the rural nature of the area, I would bet they probably just hitch and go. That's how their daddy did it. That's how their granddaddy did it.

A previous motorhome was a 38fter with a 454. We towed a mid-sized olds wagon on a towdolly and almost all of our trips were through the western mountains. I think you will be ok however don't expect any speed going up hill in the mountains. If I remember correctly, I drove the steeper grades in 2nd and 3rd at 35 to 40 mpg or less, and sucked fuel. A 5k hitch was pretty standard. I bet a good hitch shop can rate it for you. Get good brakes on the trailer, I believe required in Canada, because the disk brakes on the motorhome just won't cut it on the mountains.

Off hand I'd be surprised if your unit had at the most 500lb. tongue weight and 5000lb towing capacity.

The hitch info should be on a sticker on the hitch itself though weather could have removed it by now. Gross weight of that trailer and toys shouldn't be a problem but the tongue weight might be a problem. If your sticker isn't there, maybe someone else with the same unit will still have theirs.

Bill