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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coolmom42 wrote:
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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.
And this is part of why I suggested to the OP to really do her homework.
Here's an example: the OP stated the Winnebago Mini is on her short list. One of their models, the 1706FB, which is certainly half-ton towable, has a 5500 pound GVWR. Over 2500 pounds of that rating is cargo capacity.
There are many tandem axle trailers in the "shorter" ( let's say under 21' ) end of the market that have very high GVWR, but in reality, they normally don't weigh anywhere near that in use. The trailer manufacturer can assign a high gross rating because they typically put two, 2800 pound axles under them ( like my trailer ).
To the OP, a good "starting point" as for weight is to look at the listed dry weight, then add 1000 to 1200 pounds. You're now getting pretty close to what it weigh in use, depending on what you want to take with you. There's more to it than that, but it's a good place to start.
