Looking to purchase a travel trailer
Hello, my name is Rose and I am retiring in one year, I have been looking at the Winnebago Minnie Winnie and Lance both seem to be all weather terrain durable, I just bought my Silverado 1500 LT to pu...
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gmw photos wrote:
Using GVWR of a trailer is as flawed as a concept as using the stated dry weight in a brochure.
The important point is what is the actual weight of the trailer ? For instance, my trailer had a stated dry weight of 3040 pounds, and a GVWR of 6000. What I care about is what it really weighs, as I use it. That number is 4000 pounds. The scales tell the truth.
Original poster, my suggestion is to "really" do your homework.
I suggested that number as a starting point to start looking. How can a person know the exact weight of the trailer, loaded for use, before purchase? That's not realistic.
Now I can say that if a trailer has 2500 lb cargo capacity, a single person is not likely to load it to the max, and a more reasonable number might be something like 1000 lb cargo added to the trailer, or less. But very few 1/2 ton towables are going to have a huge amount of cargo capacity, much less a trailer sized for a single person.
