TV bare minimum

[drmox]

So we may have talked about this topic a time or two, maybe to the point of ad nauseum. But, important topics should be discussed thoroughly to ensure everyone's safety.
List your trailer's length, weight, tongue weight, and your usual additional cargo load. And then tell us, in detail, what you pull it with. Also mention details concerning your hitch setup.
Then tell us if you think your idea of what the minimum TV setup would be.
For example, here are my specs:
1976 31ft. Sovereign, ~8000lbs ready for travel (nobody cares about dry weight), 900lbs tongue weight, roughly 900lbs of passengers, dogs, and cargo. Also, 200lbs for my camper shell.
TV is a Dodge Ram 2500 w. Cummins 24v turbodiesel. My hitch is a WD setup of unknown origin (came with the trailer, but works like a champ).
BARE minimum I would tow with:
The equivalent of a Ford F150 max tow/max payload, minus my camper top, and most cargo moved into the trailer over the axles. WD hitch, and 3.5 EB OR 5.0 V8.

[Dennis C]

This thread won’t be controversial at all.

[jcl]

The bare minimum setup (for all but the smallest Airstreams) should be a WD hitch, properly set up, with 100% FALR. Payload managed within axle and tire weight ratings. Speeds and following distances managed by the operator.

Not essential, but advised: Four wheel independent suspension on the TV. Low centre of gravity for the TV. Short rear overhang for the TV. Four wheel disk brakes on the TV. Trailer disk brakes. Possibly trailer stability control, independent of the tow vehicle stability control system.

The badges on the equipment have little to no effect on safety. Focusing on them is working against safe operation, and distracting users from what is important. If they are too high, in fact they can be a detriment to safe operation because they can lead the operator to ignore the first paragraph.

[uncle_bob]

Hi

The bare minimum would be a lawn tractor with a hitch dolly attached to it. Provided all you ever needed to do was move it around the parking lot. It should work just fine.

Bob

[brokeboater]

This is my set up and it works just fine. I really can't tell there's a trailer back there.

[OTRA15]

Do we have to . . . . . . ?

[JonDNC]

Originally Posted by brokeboater

This is my set up and it works just fine. I really can't tell there's a trailer back there.

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Looks like the perfect solution, burn some calories, build up some leg strength.. what could go wrong?

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