I've never towed anything in my life, but I would like to start. Initially, I find it much easier to tow my motorcycle (600 lbs) than to put it on the bed of my Rebel. It is also small and lightweight. However, I would eventually want to start moving up to rented campers, etc.
Since the Rebel sits high, I think I want a ball system that allows for movement up and down of the ball, as well as two ball sizes, in the same package. I believe Curt makes something like this. Would this be OK?
Now, my other question involves weight.
My truck has a payload capacity of 1191 lbs. I understand that this would be passengers, cargo, and tongue weight.
Assuming I have 4 people in the truck weighing a total of 640 lbs, 2 dogs weighing a total of 80 lbs, crates at 30 lbs, and cargo at 180, I'm left with 261 lbs for tongue weight. This seems decent for a motorcycle trailer, but what about something like an Airstream Flying cloud? Is loading the cargo on the trailer a thing and something that I can do to gain in the truck's payload capacity? I believe that even if I do this, I will be over payload capacity as I'm under the impression that a camper like the Airstream Flying cloud should have a tongue weight of 600-800 lbs, probably more?
Since the Rebel sits high, I think I want a ball system that allows for movement up and down of the ball, as well as two ball sizes, in the same package. I believe Curt makes something like this. Would this be OK?
Now, my other question involves weight.
My truck has a payload capacity of 1191 lbs. I understand that this would be passengers, cargo, and tongue weight.
Assuming I have 4 people in the truck weighing a total of 640 lbs, 2 dogs weighing a total of 80 lbs, crates at 30 lbs, and cargo at 180, I'm left with 261 lbs for tongue weight. This seems decent for a motorcycle trailer, but what about something like an Airstream Flying cloud? Is loading the cargo on the trailer a thing and something that I can do to gain in the truck's payload capacity? I believe that even if I do this, I will be over payload capacity as I'm under the impression that a camper like the Airstream Flying cloud should have a tongue weight of 600-800 lbs, probably more?