dragonflycamper
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Hi. We currently have a 2000 Coleman Cheyenne pop-up. It's 21ft long, and looking up the specs online it just says "weight (lbs) 1969." As I am looking at an upgrade (possibly a hybrid?) my DH keeps telling me everything I show him is too big to tow. He feels that we can't go much bigger than we have right now. He is the one that always drives, so I get that he needs to be comfortable with what he is driving, but I want to see if I can get an idea of the range based on all the numbers everyone is talking about. I have read enough threads here to be thoroughly confused with all the different numbers and acronyms, and now realize I know less than I thought I did!
We are towing with a 2006 GMC Yukon SL 4WD. We are towing just with a ball hitch, not a weight-distributing hitch (just read about those today - maybe we need one of those??). We do use a sway bar. The current trailer has no trailer brakes and is a single axle. I don't know if it would make a difference with a trailer with two axles, or if we used a better hitch. Or if the trailer had trailer brakes.
Doing just a google search on how much I can tow, I get the numbers "5700 to 6500 lbs" but I don't know how they figure it. I attached an image of the specs I found on a different site. I don't know what all those numbers mean, but this looks like it says we can tow 7700 lbs. With these numbers I feel like 1) towing our current pop-up should not be maxing out our truck, and 2) if I am looking at a trailer under 5000 lbs (or maybe I need to go 3500-4500 if that doesn't count it loaded with everything?) we wouldn't be out of line towing it with our Yukon.
So..... where am I right, and where am I wrong? What weight range should I be looking for as I am window shopping?
We are towing with a 2006 GMC Yukon SL 4WD. We are towing just with a ball hitch, not a weight-distributing hitch (just read about those today - maybe we need one of those??). We do use a sway bar. The current trailer has no trailer brakes and is a single axle. I don't know if it would make a difference with a trailer with two axles, or if we used a better hitch. Or if the trailer had trailer brakes.
Doing just a google search on how much I can tow, I get the numbers "5700 to 6500 lbs" but I don't know how they figure it. I attached an image of the specs I found on a different site. I don't know what all those numbers mean, but this looks like it says we can tow 7700 lbs. With these numbers I feel like 1) towing our current pop-up should not be maxing out our truck, and 2) if I am looking at a trailer under 5000 lbs (or maybe I need to go 3500-4500 if that doesn't count it loaded with everything?) we wouldn't be out of line towing it with our Yukon.
So..... where am I right, and where am I wrong? What weight range should I be looking for as I am window shopping?