How do you like the hitch? Hard to adjust the spring bars? Noisy when turning? What is the weight? Thanks.
John Davies
Spokane WA USA
Not to speak for the OP, I had the Blue Ox Weight-Distribution - Sway Pro System for years on former F150, towing 10K car trailer. Best WD system I ever owned and I went thru a few to find the right one.
Do share your reference; looking at the specs for the micro Minnie flx’s show gross weight to be well under what the OP stated. So even at full gross weight, op, wife, and luggage there’s still plenty of towing capacity and payload. But it’s possible that their trailer isn’t a current t model and weighs more than what I saw on Winnebago’s website which is why I asked for a reference.
Trailer weight is the LEAST important specification when looking at what your truck can tow. The most important ratings are tongue weight, your total payload (my 2.7 4x4 with a couple options is only 1388 total payload!), and trailer length vs your wheel base. Towing is the easy part - with the torque the 2.7 makes you could pull 20,000lbs if you took all the other limits out of the equation. It's stopping it, and the risks of the tail wagging the dog when it gets too big and out of control (which isnt hard with a light tow vehicle like ours) that is the danger. These trailers that are dry hitch ratings in the 500lbs ballpark, after you add a couple of batteries basically directly at the front (120lbs) 1-2 propane tanks (30-80lbs) and literally any water or cargo in the trailer you are over. People just love pushing it though - having foresight to prepare for worst case scenarios is less fun than seeing how much total weight the little guy can pull for most people, i think. Trailer salesmen are also great at pushing the maximum they can convince you to buy. After seeing some bad accidents in my time I tend to keep things at 60-80% max of all limits, 14-20 footers in the 2500-3500 dry, 300-400 dry hitch weight and no more than 7' wide would really be the sweet spot for the rangers, as boring as that is.
I certainly agree with *some* of what you said. However, you're really discounting GVWR of a trailer as if it isn't related to steering and stopping when the reality is it's very much related. Max towing capacity isn't determined solely by how much a vehicle can pull from a stop, but there are also a whole host of performance characteristics (aka "combination handling requirements") defined in SAE J2807 which is the doc that defines how towing capacity is determined. Going back to what you said, I disagree that there's a "most important" or "least important" attribute to consider because trailer weight, tongue weight, vehicle payload, weight distribution and more ALL need to be considered. In this thread we're given the trailer weight, which is under the max towing capacity of our rangers, and not much else.
All in i was at 6500. No fluids and very light camping gear.
Glad to hear you had a good trip! Which flx is that specifically? We’ve been looking at a 2108bh and are trying to talk ourselves into or out of the purchase.
Not sure, I borrowed it from my boss. I can say that it's a little too much for 2 adults and a fur baby. But other than that, it's a great rv.
