Travel Trailer Purchase - Quality
Hey guys I have a question that I'm sure everybody has been asked but alot of what I have seen is at least a couple years old. We are in the market for a TT. We currently have a 1983 Palomino MXL Popu...
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We have the 29QBS. The dry weight was 7556. Loaded for a week it is 9200 with a hitch weight of 1230. Our payload is 1985 on our truck and we were running 92% of the GVWR that day. We also had 100 gallons of water on board though. Best to weigh them the heaviest they will be.
That being said, with only 1350 payload, your truck will most likely be overloaded with a 29 QBS. I would say you want to stay in the 6500 GVWR for a trailer that will be around 800 lbs tongue weight. When you do the math your weight distribution hitch will likely only transfer its own weight and a bit more so don't use the weight transfer as a cusion. Just run % of GVWR for your math.
Jayco makes a good product. We have had our issues with it but overall a decent trailer. It is definitely heavier than most others with that floorplan I will say. I would recommend Jayco, in your case maybe look at the white hawk line.
We looked at the apex, wasn't for us, seemed cheaper than most and the salesman I asked said they don't seem to move many of them when people walk through 5 or 6 they usually feel it is lesser quality than the others, however, they are still making them so people are buying them so they must like them. If we all liked the same thing there would only be 1 manufacturer... It would most likely be Jayco:)
http://kz-rv.com/spree-connect/C250BHS.html
http://www.dutchmen.com/kodiak/floorplans-and-pictures/floorplans-detail?modelId=4938
http://www.dutchmen.com/kodiak/floorplans-and-pictures/floorplans-detail?modelId=4940
http://www.heartlandrvs.com/classes/lightweight/wd-wilderness#!dview=modeldetail&c=lightweight&sc=WD&m=534&cidx=5&ajax=?
Have a look at those, it's what I would be looking at with your truck.
Let us know how you make out.
That being said, with only 1350 payload, your truck will most likely be overloaded with a 29 QBS. I would say you want to stay in the 6500 GVWR for a trailer that will be around 800 lbs tongue weight. When you do the math your weight distribution hitch will likely only transfer its own weight and a bit more so don't use the weight transfer as a cusion. Just run % of GVWR for your math.
Jayco makes a good product. We have had our issues with it but overall a decent trailer. It is definitely heavier than most others with that floorplan I will say. I would recommend Jayco, in your case maybe look at the white hawk line.
We looked at the apex, wasn't for us, seemed cheaper than most and the salesman I asked said they don't seem to move many of them when people walk through 5 or 6 they usually feel it is lesser quality than the others, however, they are still making them so people are buying them so they must like them. If we all liked the same thing there would only be 1 manufacturer... It would most likely be Jayco:)
http://kz-rv.com/spree-connect/C250BHS.html
http://www.dutchmen.com/kodiak/floorplans-and-pictures/floorplans-detail?modelId=4938
http://www.dutchmen.com/kodiak/floorplans-and-pictures/floorplans-detail?modelId=4940
http://www.heartlandrvs.com/classes/lightweight/wd-wilderness#!dview=modeldetail&c=lightweight&sc=WD&m=534&cidx=5&ajax=?
Have a look at those, it's what I would be looking at with your truck.
Let us know how you make out.
