This is the weight that your camper tongue will put on a hitch. This weight is helpful, but will not tell you the whole story when you actually start pulling it with a car.
#1996 STARCRAFT POP UP CAMPER WEIGHT MANUAL#
Your pop up camper manual will have this written or you can check when the pop up camper is just bought. This is the weight of your pop up camper without having anything on it. Lets see some of the important things you need to know when pulling a camper behind car. Understanding the weight terminology is also important. You may also need to weigh everything else on the camper. Remember, its not only going to be the dry weight to check. Now that’s an advantage, you don’t have to spend on that towing vehicle like you would do in case of travel trailer or fifth wheel.Īlthough we say that your sedan can just do the job, just be a little careful to see the weight of your pop up camper.Īlthough, on an average and most of the pop up campers will be within that 2000 lbs, you may sometimes have a little bit heavier one and that’s why you just cross check. You would be able to tow them without any special need of powerful car or trucks. Some examples of pop up camper weighing little over 1500 lbs. Your towing vehicles will have a limit, upto which it can tow nicely and its never a good idea to hit that limit or go closer to it. In rv’s More amenities mean more length and thus increase of weight.
The reason why pop up camper are light weight is because of the less amenities packed in. But, overall if you compare them with travel trailer or a fifth wheel, you are much better off with them. The mgp of your car will also impact a little bit when you tow more than 1000 lbs. With a pop up camper weighing around 2000 lbs, also you need to be more careful as compared to the lowest weighing campers. With larger camper you may need a slightly better powered car. There are those which weigh around 2000 lbs and just a little above.Įven with biggest of the pop up campers, you will be able to tow them with a normal car, that’s the advantage.
You also get pop up campers that are little larger and weigh more than 700 lbs. Mid sized and little larger pop up camper weight opus pop up camper. smaller Coachmen Clipper weighing around 600 lbs.Some examples of smaller campers weighing less than 1000 lbs: You can use your daily usage car for towing these and don’t have to be bothered about whether your car is capable or not.
Gross Vehicle Weight Ratio (GVWR): This is the maximum weight including passengers, accessories and fluids that a camper can support. Gross Axel Weight Rating (GAWR): This is the maximum distributed weight (including all the cargo) that the axles can support. This is basically the weight of camper when you just get the camper from the manufacturer. Unloaded Vehicle Weight (UVW): This is the weight of a camper excluding the passengers and accessories. Here are some of the important camper weight ratings you should know. But yes, for a longer distance travel you better use a car that is more than capable. With weight just above 800 lbs or close to 2000 lbs a sedan can be sufficient to pull it off. Having a good balance between your tow vehicle and the towed trailer is important and with pop up campers you get the advantage of proper balancing.A light weight pop up camper is not only ease to hitch but also provides good mileage. Construction type of pop up campers also makes the difference in its weight. In-fact, at times you will not even feel much weight that you are towing.A mini size pop up camper weighing around 600-800 pounds can be easily maneuvered and towed with ease. Pop up campers due to their low height are perfect fit for many people who want to camp light and not so far from their home.You will also get those that are below 1000 lbs. You will see many pop up campers come at weight that’s under 1500 lbs as well as those that are slightly above 3200 lbs. Several pop up campers have weight in between the numbers i have put above.įor example, See this pop up tent trailer camper that weighs little above 800 lbs. GVWR : 3970 lbs Water Capacity : 40 Gallons Length : 18’4″ Sleeps : 6 GVWR : 6600 lbs Length : 15′ Water Capacity : 63 Gallons 13,500 BTU Dometic AC GVWR : 3970 lbs length : 18’4″ Sleeps : 4 GVWR : 2942 lbs Length: 12’2″ Water Capacity : 16 Gallons Sleeps : 3 Cargo Weight : 1365 lbs Tongue Weight : 203 lbs GVWR : 3572 lbs Length : 17’2″ Water Capacity : 20 Gallons Tongue Weight : 209 lbs Length : 15′ Water capacity : 15 Gallons GVWR : 1500 lbs Tongue Weight : 170 lbs Sleeps : 4 Cargo Capacity : 700 lbs
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