jetrinka
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So please ignore my blissful ignorance on this whole subject. My wife and I are thinking about obtaining a smaller travel trailer and I have a few questions regarding towing it.
The truck in question is a 2021 Power Wagon with a payload of just shy of 1200 lbs (don't laugh at me - you know you want to be this cool too)
I am not concerned at all about the Wagon's ability to tow what I think we are looking for, nor about the fact that we will likely be over the payload of the truck. The size of the trailers we are looking at will likely end up having a dry weight of about 5k and a hitch weight of about 400-500lbs. I understand these numbers go up when the tanks have water in them.
I am NOT a fan of saggy butt syndrome when towing and my questions relate to the benefits of bags alone/WDH alone/or both together. The PW as we know does not lend itself to carrying loads well....
GOAL: To tow such a vehicle keeping the factory (or close it it) rake front to back.
1: If I went with bags alone it would be a fairly simple setup with independent plumbing to each one and daystar cradles. To those that have the daystar cradles how much do the bags need to be inflated before they even come in contact to start carrying any load? Are they fairly "close" empty? To me it wouldn't make sense to run just bags if it meant the truck would need to sag a bit before they would even come into play
2: If the tongue weight of the trailer lets say is 500lbs, how much (realistically) can I remove from the tongue using a WDH? What is the typical percentage? And can a WDH be fitted to most any trailer? Google is fairly nebulous on these questions...
3: Can bags and WDH be used in tandem? I doubt I would go this route as it is seriously overkill but was just curious.
The truck in question is a 2021 Power Wagon with a payload of just shy of 1200 lbs (don't laugh at me - you know you want to be this cool too)
I am not concerned at all about the Wagon's ability to tow what I think we are looking for, nor about the fact that we will likely be over the payload of the truck. The size of the trailers we are looking at will likely end up having a dry weight of about 5k and a hitch weight of about 400-500lbs. I understand these numbers go up when the tanks have water in them.
I am NOT a fan of saggy butt syndrome when towing and my questions relate to the benefits of bags alone/WDH alone/or both together. The PW as we know does not lend itself to carrying loads well....
GOAL: To tow such a vehicle keeping the factory (or close it it) rake front to back.
1: If I went with bags alone it would be a fairly simple setup with independent plumbing to each one and daystar cradles. To those that have the daystar cradles how much do the bags need to be inflated before they even come in contact to start carrying any load? Are they fairly "close" empty? To me it wouldn't make sense to run just bags if it meant the truck would need to sag a bit before they would even come into play
2: If the tongue weight of the trailer lets say is 500lbs, how much (realistically) can I remove from the tongue using a WDH? What is the typical percentage? And can a WDH be fitted to most any trailer? Google is fairly nebulous on these questions...
3: Can bags and WDH be used in tandem? I doubt I would go this route as it is seriously overkill but was just curious.