Sorry this is long...
Our family has owned a trailer for years. When I was a kid it used to be camper but by the time I was married it became too expensive to replace the canvas and other repairs and so I "inherited" it as a cargo trailer. We've used it for hauling just about everything and take it camping to haul our gear as well as our bikes. The downside has always been that it's an open trailer. Lately we've been thinking of buying an enclosed trailer and have been watching local shops as well as ebay.
https://www.haulmark.com/bumper-pull_cargo-trailer/modeltsds2/
Yesterday we saw a used Haulmark12' x 5.5' trailer with both a ramp door and a side man-door. This is really what I've wanted and it should allow us to haul everything we need as well as anything I can imagine hauling to a rocket launch, ever. It's used and the price is right.
Our van (Chevy Venture) is rated to pull a 2,000 lb trailer without a tow package. This trailer weighs 1,390 lb empty (smaller ones do not weigh much less, the smallest in the series weighs only 300 lbs less). The Gross Vehicle Weight Rating (GVWR) for the trailer is 2,980 (as are the smaller versions inthe product line). If we need to haul heavier stuff we can borrow another tow vehicle and this also leaves us the option of buying a car/truck that can tow more down the road.
The question:
As long as we don't load more than 610 pounds of stuff (more or less) and as long as we watch the tongue weight, wouldn't the van be able to handle it?
FWIW, we are acquainted with the service manager at our local GM dealer and we hope to ask him the same question tomorrow.
Our family has owned a trailer for years. When I was a kid it used to be camper but by the time I was married it became too expensive to replace the canvas and other repairs and so I "inherited" it as a cargo trailer. We've used it for hauling just about everything and take it camping to haul our gear as well as our bikes. The downside has always been that it's an open trailer. Lately we've been thinking of buying an enclosed trailer and have been watching local shops as well as ebay.
https://www.haulmark.com/bumper-pull_cargo-trailer/modeltsds2/
Yesterday we saw a used Haulmark12' x 5.5' trailer with both a ramp door and a side man-door. This is really what I've wanted and it should allow us to haul everything we need as well as anything I can imagine hauling to a rocket launch, ever. It's used and the price is right.
Our van (Chevy Venture) is rated to pull a 2,000 lb trailer without a tow package. This trailer weighs 1,390 lb empty (smaller ones do not weigh much less, the smallest in the series weighs only 300 lbs less). The Gross Vehicle Weight Rating (GVWR) for the trailer is 2,980 (as are the smaller versions inthe product line). If we need to haul heavier stuff we can borrow another tow vehicle and this also leaves us the option of buying a car/truck that can tow more down the road.
The question:
As long as we don't load more than 610 pounds of stuff (more or less) and as long as we watch the tongue weight, wouldn't the van be able to handle it?
FWIW, we are acquainted with the service manager at our local GM dealer and we hope to ask him the same question tomorrow.