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Re: Brand New - TT Weight question
lawrosa wrote: beaker305 wrote: Thank you everyone for the input. I guess I jumped in a little to quickly. Im going to call the dealer today and see what they can do. Based on what I've read now, it look like I could probably downgrade to the 178LHS and be ok with size weight? Read the posts from below wisely...Some people like to put fear in others it would seem. It seems common there are some that think you need to tow anything with diesal duallys only....LOL. Listen. The 178 LHS would be a fabulous choice for that tow vehicle. Its about 3300 lbs as advertised.Thats a good weight for you. Heck fully loaded looks around 4300 lbs. Thats 1200 of cargo. I doubt you will find enough spots to put that much cargo in that camper. With only a 340lb TW you will not need a real heavy WD hitch. After propane and batterys you should be up in the 440 range on the TW. I towed a 4000 lb trailer (in my sig) with my s10 chevy that was rated at 5500 lbs. I loaded the trailer light and if I was at 5000 lbs that was a lot. The thing with the s10 was a low axle rating. So I was only able to tow with me in the truck. ( wife and kids would follow) It left me with 500lbs left for odds and ends. Because I was near my limits I took my truck to the scales and had both axles weighed. Then I took the door tag axle weights and subtracted from the scale weights. That will tell you exactly what payload you have left for towing.( get weighed with full tank of fuel and all the people/gear youll have in the truck) weighing will give you exact #'s to know how much more people and things you can put in the truck. Now even though you are withing specs that still is a lot of weight. They give that truck only a 5K ratings for a reason. There is a weak link somewhere. Most of the time its the trans. You will need a trans cooler. Install the biggest trans cooler you can fit behind the grill. Dont tow in overdrive, and take it slow until you get used to it. Youll need a brake controller. The prodigy p3 is a good model unless your truck has one from the factory. The brochure on your truck says that the tow package may be an oil cooler. Find out if this is an engine oil cooler or trans cooler. This turned into quite the interesting bit of responses. Thanks for your logical information. I am probably not going with that one, but I did find a couple with similar specs that have a much better floorplan (Passport 199ML for one). This has been a very educational adventure so far, lol327Views0likes0CommentsRe: Brand New - TT Weight question
downtheroad wrote: I'll chime back in.....if it helps at all, more than want to admit have made the same mistake when we bought our first trailer. Being from the Northwest and near you, I can almost guess the name of the dealer that set you up and told you, "You can tow this with your Explorer no problem." It was a dealer in the Portland area...went to a show down there last week. They are (of course) defending their position stating that "on paper" you can tow this, so we're not at fault. I expect a fight but I'm not taking the deal and looking at other options closer to home.281Views0likes0CommentsRe: Brand New - TT Weight question
Thank you everyone for the input. I guess I jumped in a little to quickly. Im going to call the dealer today and see what they can do. Based on what I've read now, it look like I could probably downgrade to the 178LHS and be ok with size weight?289Views0likes0CommentsBrand New - TT Weight question
Hello everyone, brand new here and to RVing in general. Here is my story and I hope some of you can provide some insight: I just recently purchased a 2017 Ford Explorer 4wd V6 with the class 3 towing package. The towing rating is 5,000 lbs. I went to an RV show last weekend and found a travel trailer that I loved and saw that it came in at 4500 lbs....500 less than my vehicle is rated for. I signed the buyers order and planned to pick it up this coming weekend. Over the past few days I have been educating myself on all things RV and came across a lot of mixed information about towing and weights. (Especially that vehicle manufacturers overstate towing capacities and RV manufacturers understate trailer weights) I'm afraid now that my vehicle won't really be able to tow this trailer and I'll be stuck once I get to the dealership to pick this up. Shame on me for not doing enough research ahead of time, but it ended up being one of those impulse decisions. Any thoughts are greatly appreciated. Thanks!10KViews0likes63Comments
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