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Travel Trailer Advice

slashnburn
Explorer
Explorer
We are looking to purchase our first travel trailer. We started looking around and found a few that we really liked. Unfortunately, I posted on an F150 forum to see if they would be too long. While they were, in fact, too long, they were also too heavy. It isn't a matter of towing capacity for my truck (~11000lbs), it is the payload capacity (1596). With all of that said, I am still trying to find a travel trailer that will work with my current truck, but thought I would ask here for suggestions. In an ideal world, we would have: a bunkhouse, a door to the bedroom, decent amount of space (two little ones and a big dog), outdoor kitchen, awning, dinette, and sofa. I am trying to stay around 7000lbs when loaded up. That would leave me with a hitch weight of 900 pounds. Any suggestions?
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Jebby14
Explorer
Explorer
tall order for a poorly equipped tow vehicle. My 2016 f150 has 1950 lbs payload and its a great fit for my camper and family but you are asking for A LOT more trailer than I have.
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slashnburn
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Explorer
bid_time wrote:
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Those are almost 6k dry.

bid_time
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slashnburn
Explorer
Explorer
schlep1967 wrote:
No trailer suggestions but some advice, length has nothing to do with your towing vehicle. At least until you hit the max combined length your state allows.
You need to worry about weight your vehicle can tow and weight your vehicle can carry (tongue weight). There will be cases where, due to axle placement on the trailer, a longer/heavier trailer can have a lower tongue weight than a shorter trailer with the axles towards the rear of the trailer.


My point wasn't that the trailer would be tow long from a legal perspective, only from a comfort perspective.

schlep1967
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Nomad
No trailer suggestions but some advice, length has nothing to do with your towing vehicle. At least until you hit the max combined length your state allows.
You need to worry about weight your vehicle can tow and weight your vehicle can carry (tongue weight). There will be cases where, due to axle placement on the trailer, a longer/heavier trailer can have a lower tongue weight than a shorter trailer with the axles towards the rear of the trailer.
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