I have a 2025 bighorn 1500, 3.92 gears ,long bed ,four-wheel-drive. i’m towing a 29 foot travel trailer using a way safe middleweight hitch and air bags. The trailer weighs 6920 (loaded, ) pounds. I have 860 pound tongue weight which is 12.5% per the Cat scale. I am within my limits but looking for mods that will make towing more pleasurable.
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You should be well within your limits with the gear package and setup. It sounds like you have it covered.
What mirror set up do you have? Maybe a trailer mounted reverse camera if you plan to travel a lot with it.
Make sure you swap out tires every 5-6 years no matter the miles. I have seen a lot of people who decide to take a highway trip and tires looks good but are old. They heat up and blow out. I have done it myself. From experience get you a larger jack or bottle jack for the camper that can lift the axle up.
What mirror set up do you have? Maybe a trailer mounted reverse camera if you plan to travel a lot with it.
Make sure you swap out tires every 5-6 years no matter the miles. I have seen a lot of people who decide to take a highway trip and tires looks good but are old. They heat up and blow out. I have done it myself. From experience get you a larger jack or bottle jack for the camper that can lift the axle up.
Even if your rear axle load is fine, XL or higher rated tires aired up to around 50PSI will help stability and made towing less tiresome.
Wild Bill
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I highly recommend the rear observation camera as mentioned above. It's another tool to help combat the fools on the road...
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Would love to hear more about these…. Especially if there is a wireless option, I tow multiple trailers and this would be beneficial!
Edit: I have checked out visionworks, and while they are wireless I will not be mounting a separate screen
Wild Bill
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I have an older version of this.
Camera is mounted on the back of my travel trailer. The camera plugs into the Furrion Pre-Wired Mount on the RV.
The monitor has a suction cup option to mount on the windshield.
You don't have to permanently mount the monitor on your dashboard.
Where you pull multiple trailers I'm not sure it would work well for you...
Sorry, it's a long link.
Hope I don't get into trouble for posting it...
Amazon.com: AMTIFO Wireless RV Backup Camera: 1080P HD Rear View Camera with 7″ DVR Split-Screen Monitor,170° Wide-Angle Lens, IR Night Vision, Waterproof IP69, Plug & Play for Furrion Pre-Wired RVs : Electronics
Sp33d Nut
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Even airing up the stock HL tires will definitely improve the ride by stiffening the sidewalls. I’m towing a 6020lb travel trailer with 820lb hitch weight. Just going from 36 to 46 psi dramatically improved the ride. Also, at 46 psi the ride without the trailer while a little stiffer doesn’t feel like I’m driving on basketballs.
