Just brought a Travel Trailer 29'
The dry weight is 4800lbs
The dry tongue weight is 560lbs

My 2007 manual says that max tongue weight is 700lbs with Weight distribution kit. My Travel trailer when loaded with propane and my stuff and the battery might exceed my tongue weight by 50-100lbs.

What do u guys think, in 2008 with the new powertrain package, the H2 towing revised numbers were 8200lbs for trailer weight and 1000lbs for tongue weight with WD kit and the same GVWR of 8600lbs.

As far as I know, both our hitch are the same.... so even if my tongue weight is 800 and my trailer is well under 6700lbs i should be ok.

What do u guys think?

 

yea, theres a number of guys pulling larger trailers across the hummer forums. I personally dont see a passenger car tranny holding up long doing that. Take it easy and you'll be fine for a while.

 

We've got nearly the same set-up as you trailer wise, length and weight almost the same; we're also driving an '07 deuce. Don't forget your trailer weight is given as dry, adding propane in the tanks and any water or waste will add in addition to your cargo.
We've had our trailer weighed both dry and loaded and it came in quite a bit heavier dry than the sticker stated--so not sure what the difference.
We are also running an extended ball receiver to compensate for the spare tire, and this reduces your trailer tongue weight rating. There's a calculation for it, but I'm not a mathmetician.
We've driven the trailer from Salt Lake, Utah up into Calgary for a month trip with the water tank loaded and enough stuff for five people. We camped in multiple locations while there and drove back home---well over two thousand miles on the trailer that trip.
Last year we moved from Utah to Florida, about 2400 miles on the trailer that trip.
We had problems with the trailer axles on the Canada trip, they ended up bent and broke some spring hangars, but the deuce handled it all in stride.
Given what you have being almost identical to our set-up, I'd say you're going to be fine. Take it easy on the deuce, don't try to push it hard on the highway, it has it's limits before it starts running hot in trans and engine temps. Make sure to do your fluid changes for severe duty and you should be fine.

 

twinmill28- Didn't you also put on an aftermarket tranny cooler a while back for towing?

 

Just an FYI, I had the same issue with my trailer being alot heavier than the sticker stated. After some research I found out that the sticker does not include all the options on the trailers like; spare tire, refrigerator, heater, water and waste water weights, awning and any other optional equipment that you may have.

I just replaced my 96' aerolite 21ft. travel trailer with a 2013 forest river surveyor sp240 sport. the sticker stated 4900 lbs. but when I weighed it fully loaded with water and all my gear I was just under 7k. My max tow capacity is 6800 but I have upgraded my trans and am in the process of replacing my fan assembly with a dual electric setup that I bought off of ebay. should receive it today. I'll post if it really help lower my trans and engine temps while pulling uphill.

 

the Elecric fan didn't help the tempuratures at all, am going to replace radiator with larger hi-performance setup. will advise when I take out a second mortgage to allow my addiction to continue.