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Whos towing tent trailers?

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Offline chet

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Re: Whos towing tent trailers?
« Reply #15 on: May 10, 2006, 08:48:26 PM »
I would! I have a 1300 lb. boat and my 4 door tows it just fine. They are rated up to 1500 lbs.
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Re: Whos towing tent trailers?
« Reply #16 on: May 10, 2006, 11:05:04 PM »
http://www.jumpingjacktrailers.com/  they had this at a show here this past weekend,nice but weights in at 1200 lbs, and cost five grand plus, I have an old apache trailer myself and tossed the tent part and bolted a long bed mini truck shell to the top of it, (5x7) you can pick the rear corner of the trailer up with one hand even with the shell on it so I would guess it weights less than two hundred pounds, my m100 weights in at five hundered empty and 1200 with all of my camping stuff in it, tows great behind my sammy, I just do not like leaving it at camp all day while i'm out wheeling, there getting to be worth alot of money, the apache was free and so was the shell so I will use that in the future after a few mods to it.
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Re: Whos towing tent trailers?
« Reply #17 on: May 11, 2006, 02:33:21 PM »
That 1430 is the GVWR (Gross Vehicle Weight Rating).  That is the design weight that the axle is designed to carry.    The "dry" weight of 700 lb is probably a bit understated because it doesn't include options.  If you don't load it to capacity, the Tracker should pull it easily, and will probably be OK for the 10 footer too.   
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Re: Whos towing tent trailers?
« Reply #18 on: May 12, 2006, 03:07:24 AM »
I have a Pennine Fiesta


650 KGs 60mph towing no probs.

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Offline chrisvitarasport94

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Re: Whos towing tent trailers?
« Reply #19 on: May 13, 2006, 07:37:44 AM »
this is my dream idea, for solo trips ( in Convoy of course!) ;  I thought one day I'd get the rear half of a sidekick/tracker and turn it into a trailer, and add a folding deck, and a simple dome tent to make a cheaper version!

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