How much can I tow? Pop Up Campers and Tow Vehicles

What is your towing capacity? What vehicles can tow a pop up camper? What is dry weight? What is a Gross Vehicle Weight Rating (GVWR)?
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[@hahaha9133]

Great video😎

[@Macros1971]

This is SO IMPORTANT to know and understand, before you buy!

[@liven4happynus115]

Thank you

[@WarrenKimpel]

another nice video THANKS

[@FSULAUBACH]

So the factor MOST people dont take into account is actually not what your vehicle can tow... but rather the payload of your vehicle. There should be a sticker just inside the door of your vehicle. On there it says, dont exceed this much cargo weight with passengers and gear. THIS is the number you have to be worried about. Because you need to take into account the tongue weight of your trailer. So you would do.... Your payload of your vehicle - the tongue weight of your trailer - all of your weight of your gear and passengers in your car= this gives you the amount of weight you have left over. If your over this weight, your trailer weighs too much. So really dont tow at most more then 80% of what you vehicle is capable of towing. Meaning something that says it can tow 6000lbs can really only tow at the very most 4800lbs because you have to account for your tongue weight versus your vehicle payload capacity. Just to add..... most people dont know this. But it is illegal to tow when overweight. Alot of states will fine you and or if you get into an accident you can go to jail for this.

[@AdventuresinPopUps]

@@FSULAUBACH Great points, thanks!

[@GoldenK9Campers]

Nice comment.. Almost word for word what I said.

[@militzaconcepcion-sierra6007]

👋😃 can you talk about how safe the beds are? Because they are on tow tubes🥴

[@AdventuresinPopUps]

Depending on the brand, the beds usually hold 500-1,000 lbs. Ever so often, you hear about something happening with the beds, but we have always been safe and secure.

[@GoldenK9Campers]

You guys.. tow overweight. Shame, shame. Hoping you at least have electric brakes. You really should have talked about the 80% rule.. which is you really shouldn't plan on towing more than 80% of your vehicles tow rating.. that's the weight of your trailer fully loaded. I would have suggested getting your trailer weighed fully loaded at a CAT station so that you know what the weight of that fully loaded trailer is. Most trailers have a dry weighgt rating.. but that doesn't include any options that you add to the trailer, i.e, AC, etc.. so many folks would be surprised how much their trailer weighs. You also didn't mention Tongue weight of the trailer and the TV's tongue weight rating, that's very important to discuss. Finally, you really should have talked about the Tow Vehicles payload capacity. Stay safe guys, downgrade your popup or get a better tow vehicle.

[@AdventuresinPopUps]

@@GoldenK9Campers no, we said DON’T come close to the weight limit! We said we don’t tow our high wall with a van because it’s too much. We listed the weight of many things on the screen, including water and propane tanks, saying how quickly it adds up.

[@GoldenK9Campers]

@@AdventuresinPopUps I must have heard wrong. Thanks for clarifying.