smaller Coachmen Clipper weighing around 600 lbs.

Some examples of smaller campers weighing less than 1000 lbs: You can use your daily usage car for towing these and don’t have to be bothered about whether your car is capable or not. Gross Vehicle Weight Ratio (GVWR): This is the maximum weight including passengers, accessories and fluids that a camper can support.

Gross Axel Weight Rating (GAWR): This is the maximum distributed weight (including all the cargo) that the axles can support. This is basically the weight of camper when you just get the camper from the manufacturer. Unloaded Vehicle Weight (UVW): This is the weight of a camper excluding the passengers and accessories.

Here are some of the important camper weight ratings you should know. But yes, for a longer distance travel you better use a car that is more than capable. With weight just above 800 lbs or close to 2000 lbs a sedan can be sufficient to pull it off. Having a good balance between your tow vehicle and the towed trailer is important and with pop up campers you get the advantage of proper balancing.A light weight pop up camper is not only ease to hitch but also provides good mileage. Construction type of pop up campers also makes the difference in its weight. In-fact, at times you will not even feel much weight that you are towing.A mini size pop up camper weighing around 600-800 pounds can be easily maneuvered and towed with ease. Pop up campers due to their low height are perfect fit for many people who want to camp light and not so far from their home.You will also get those that are below 1000 lbs. You will see many pop up campers come at weight that’s under 1500 lbs as well as those that are slightly above 3200 lbs. Several pop up campers have weight in between the numbers i have put above.įor example, See this pop up tent trailer camper that weighs little above 800 lbs. GVWR : 3970 lbs Water Capacity : 40 Gallons Length : 18’4″ Sleeps : 6 GVWR : 6600 lbs Length : 15′ Water Capacity : 63 Gallons 13,500 BTU Dometic AC GVWR : 3970 lbs length : 18’4″ Sleeps : 4 GVWR : 2942 lbs Length: 12’2″ Water Capacity : 16 Gallons Sleeps : 3 Cargo Weight : 1365 lbs Tongue Weight : 203 lbs GVWR : 3572 lbs Length : 17’2″ Water Capacity : 20 Gallons Tongue Weight : 209 lbs Length : 15′ Water capacity : 15 Gallons GVWR : 1500 lbs Tongue Weight : 170 lbs Sleeps : 4 Cargo Capacity : 700 lbs

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