drtruff19
New Member
Hi everyone, I new to the forum. New to towing as well.
Just bought a 2021 Limited without heavy duty tow package. It only has class IV trailer tow prep package (whatever that means)
I wanted to rent a travel trailer/camper through rvshare. I gathered from Reddit that often payload capacity is the limiting factor rather than the overly mentioned towing capacity of 6000 lbs.
As for the payload capacity label says 1551 lbs. So I estimate with wife and 3 kids plus cargo we are about 700 lbs that leaves about 900 lbs. So 900/0.15=6000 lbs therefore as long as we don't have any guests we could hypothetically type the whole 6000. I wanted to be safe a look for a rental 18-24 feet with maximum total loaded weight of 4500 lbs to give us plenty of buffer. Many rentals do not come with weight distribution either.
I was not ready to invest in my own camper and therefore wanted to avoid buying a weight distribution hitch.
The following are my questions:
1. So what do you think of my plan calculations etc?
2. Also my dad has a 15 ft ski boat and a jet ski that I might tow here and there so I was thinking of a bulletproof or curt drop/rise hitch. Any hitch suggestions?
Sorry for the long post just a real newbie here. Thanks in advance for the input.
Just bought a 2021 Limited without heavy duty tow package. It only has class IV trailer tow prep package (whatever that means)
I wanted to rent a travel trailer/camper through rvshare. I gathered from Reddit that often payload capacity is the limiting factor rather than the overly mentioned towing capacity of 6000 lbs.
As for the payload capacity label says 1551 lbs. So I estimate with wife and 3 kids plus cargo we are about 700 lbs that leaves about 900 lbs. So 900/0.15=6000 lbs therefore as long as we don't have any guests we could hypothetically type the whole 6000. I wanted to be safe a look for a rental 18-24 feet with maximum total loaded weight of 4500 lbs to give us plenty of buffer. Many rentals do not come with weight distribution either.
I was not ready to invest in my own camper and therefore wanted to avoid buying a weight distribution hitch.
The following are my questions:
1. So what do you think of my plan calculations etc?
2. Also my dad has a 15 ft ski boat and a jet ski that I might tow here and there so I was thinking of a bulletproof or curt drop/rise hitch. Any hitch suggestions?
Sorry for the long post just a real newbie here. Thanks in advance for the input.
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