Vovchandr

Dont overthink it

I measure my weight. It's pretty easy to hit 10% by putting spares and tools up front and not having the car at the very back on my 18ft.

10% tongue matters for cars where limit is close to what you're towing. Barely matters on a full size truck or likely even quarter ton. Take everybody's advice with nuance in mind depending on what vehicle they are towing with, what total weight is and whether they are being smart about it. A Honda Civic can tow 5000 lbs at 3mph safely while even a 1 ton truck can't safely tow full 5000lbs at 100mph even though it's rated for much more. Speed is a HUGE factor in equation of safety and comfort of towing and risks increase exponentially. Even with that said besides speed tongue weight can be absolutely crucial at speed. Even with tongue weight it's a good idea to have a weight distribution hitch to help with away control for any enclosed. All I'm trying to say towing is a great means to an end of track days and other uses but unless you have a real truck (which I didn't want to own a truck) there are a lot of caveats and considerations to make it safe. Full size trucks are so good at what they do and are so overbuild most people towing don't have to worry about anything and they barely even feel a trailer below 5000lbs. I only tow like 6 times a year total so I'm fine with compromises and overthinking it for those 6 days as long as I don't have to own a truck for the other 350+ days You should be fine with any vehicle that's rated for 5000lbs. If you're cutting it close, consider aluminum trailer. My 18ftx7.5 enclosed with car and tools and spares is around 4100 lbs.

Been there... Edit: Still there to some degree..

Bad dates for the Mrs but will make it solo if it comes to that.

Didn't think I'd be in such minority so far with an enclosed @FE07 join in

I'd be a lot more open to an idea of an open trailer if our cars came with tops and doors. That element helped push things into decision of enclosed. With that said enclosed also get used as extra storage and utility off season as needed.

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Maybe find a 12 year old post and give it a good bump?

Post and describe your trailer setup 18X7.5 aluminum trailer, towed by XC90 Current interior setup. Still a few things pending to go in such as front cabinet and paint

Ok looked them up. Likely Montrose trailers. Not in your budget. Likely not in budget of most people here. Disregard suggestion

Pardon the ancient picture taken with a potato in 2012 but this might be just what you're looking for Don't know the brand or cost, maybe others here do Saw this at Watkins Glen Man of good taste

As I mentioned elsewhere the big choice is open vs enclosed and you go from there. If room and budget allows it, enclosed it always better especially an aluminum enclosed. If enclosed is ruled out, aluminum is preferred again for various reasons including maintenance and resale. Brakes are preferred Maybe we need a dedicated show off your trailer thread too

We might need an independent 401k advice thread going. There are lots of people with lots of experience that can help lots of other people on the forum that aren't nowhere near into that financial field. Currently my 401k is just in a target fund of set it and forget it. On the other hand my SPY leap calls were doing good for a minute but market has been a bit fickle this past week..

To be fair there's a whole politics category on the site, so political discussion is within the scope here. Whether this thread is proper avenue for feelings on tariffs instead of facts about them, answer is likely no but it's a very thing line to walk. @MV8it was a tweet today

@Rob J. Any updates?

Annual bump

Any follow up?