TT weight/length question!

[mbartlett407]

My husband and I are at an impasse on purchasing our next travel trailer.
I want the lightest trailer I can find because I am the one who tows it when I take the kids camping. It's becoming impossible to find a trailer that has bunks with a dry weight of 3,500 max and has a double axle. He is not ok with a single axle so that is a mute point. My question is..... I pulled a TT that was 28 ft long with a dry weight of 3,900 lbs and it was really difficult with my SUV. What difference would it make to pull a TT that weighed the same(3,900) but was shorter in length? Easier or no difference?

[mbartlett407]

My Acadia is rated for 5,200 lbs. I assumed looking for the lowest dry weight would be an ideal jumping off point. We only add 450 lbs of cargo. In searching for a tandem axle, it's proving difficult to find one that is below 3,500 dry. So my question is.... is the length my biggest factor if the trailer weighs the same as my previous TT. I am sorry if I am not using the correct terms..
I want short and lite!

[mbartlett407]

My SUV was struggling and even with a sway/weight system it was a challenge.

[donn0128]

28 feet is as you discovered too much for a mid size SUV.
Dry weight is kind of meaningless. Instead start looking at GVWR for your next trailer.
Tandem axles will be easier to tow and back. Single axles tend to jacknife more easily. Thus your husbands desire for a tandem axle trailer.
How much does the Acadia scale loaded ready to travel? How much is its GVWR? Those two numbers you need to pay attention to to wind up with a satisfactory towing experience. With short SUVs you need to lok at the shortest lightest possible trailers that will fit your family. Have you conaidered tents for the kids?

[Boon_Docker]

What did you find difficult towing the 28 footer?

[bid_time]

All else being equal, easier.