New guy, quality question
Hi all, first post here. My wife and I are looking at buying our first travel trailer. We live in Washington and do lots of camping/kayaking and we're tired of sleeping in tents with all the rain ...
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LeeMajors wrote:Your math isn't right, you'll run out of available payload before you load 1/4 of those numbers. This is an often unknown fact, 1/2 ton trucks are really limited by their payload, the amount of weight that can be carried by the truck. In your case, it's around 1500 lbs.
I realize I'll never pull a dry trailer. That's why I'm not considering anything over 6000#, and most of them are under 5000#, which leaves me close to 4000# for fuel, water, passengers, gear, etc. I'll never actually carry that much, we're used to going light, having tent camped so much (we once did a week with me, wife, and kids in a honda civic, from Tacoma WA to Yellowstone and back) We've always been minimalists until now.
Any insight on quality of those travel trailers would be appreciated.
The hitch weight of the trailer and the weight distributing hitch will add around 800 lbs. That will leave you 700 lbs, of fuel, passengers, and gear. Load everything right to the limit and it will not be an enjoyable towing experience.
The trailers you've listed are all middle-grade, usual quality (or lack thereof).
