Ductape
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Our trailer is UVW 3800 and loaded 4600, 24 feet. It's a nice match for the Nissan powertrain. Runs around 2,000 RPM in OD at 65.
Weight won't affect you nearly as much as frontal area. Another thousand pounds would not concern me at all. A foot taller trailer I don't want.
TV: 2011 Ram 3500 6.7, 2010 Nissan Pathfinder 4.0, 2002 Jeep GC 4.7. Connected via Equal-i-zer to:
Surveyor SV-234, powered by twin Honda 2k.
Toys: Polaris Ranger 800, Tracker Grizzly 1548, Suzuki DR-Z400S, BMW R1200GSA
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eric james
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roadkilt wrote:Just came acroos a Jay Feather EXP 213 (GVWR 550), and a forest river Rockwood 2306 (GVWR 4569) - still too much do you think? Some of the hybrids seem close to these figures. Has anyone ever gone CRAZY trying to find the right TT? 
Welcome to the real world of camper shopping. So many options!
Your towing capacity is 6000lbs.
General guideline is tow no more than 80% of your capacity.
That number is 4800. If you find trailers with GVWR (max) of 5000 or less, you're really doing well.
Otherwise, add 1000lbs to the dry weight and see where you land. Most folks gear up 1000 lbs on their trailers.
2009 Keystone Passport UL 290BH
2003 Ford Expedition EB 5.4L/3.73
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popeye59
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You could've just taken the doors off the truck to save weight.
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WHS
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roadkilt wrote:I wanted to THANK YOU all for the wise advice. It seems to cooborate my worries. So - we decided on a trail-lite 27QBSS AND traded our frontier in on an F-150 supercrew with the 5.4L v8. Even fully loaded the TT doesn't reach 80% of the towing capacity - and with the f-150's increased wheel base and an Equilizer hitch and Prodigy brake controller I think we will be sitting pretty. Thank you all SO MUCH for your advice. WE would have been in deep s@#t without it!
Cheers,
David
Sounds like you did the right thing and I honestly think you will be much much happier towing down the road with this set up!
Congrats and Happy Camping!!
WHS
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roadkilt
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popeye59 wrote:You could've just taken the doors off the truck to save weight.
Then I'd be just missing my Jeep 
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roadkilt
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I wanted to THANK YOU all for the wise advice. It seems to cooborate my worries. So - we decided on a trail-lite 27QBSS AND traded our frontier in on an F-150 supercrew with the 5.4L v8. Even fully loaded the TT doesn't reach 80% of the towing capacity - and with the f-150's increased wheel base and an Equilizer hitch and Prodigy brake controller I think we will be sitting pretty. Thank you all SO MUCH for your advice. WE would have been in deep s@#t without it!
Cheers,
David
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