NEWBEE NEEDS ADVICE!!!
So, my wife and I have been looking for a travel trailer for approximately 8-10 months. We recently found a 2014 22' Dutchman Kodiak for a awesome price. The dry weight is approximately 4500 pounds. ...
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Need-A-Vacation wrote:
Another thing to understand when the manufactures state a tow rating, it is a flat bed trailer with a slab of steel on it. Very little wind resistance unlike a high walled travel trailer. Some manufactures will state a max front square feet area for vehicles as well.
Which is why my manual says MAX TOW 10,450 then list STANDARD TOW at 5000. If you tow at MAX,all the time, you will kill your truck. That is a "you can do it" number, not the you SHOULD do it number. Reality is somewhere in the middle of the two numbers.
