Nice setup, just curious if you have scaled it yet. I'd also be interested in seeing what the weights look like with the toy in the back since we'll be hauling a Club Car Precedent, a 500CC dirt bike, a 250CC dirt bike and two 50s which will get bigger as the kids grow. 90% of our camping is boondocking so any input on how the T31 does boondocking would be great.
Thanks!
I've only taken it out once, 1800 mile round trip to Wyoming for an archery Elk hunt where we boondocked. I also brought my 2009 Polaris Ranger xp which weighs about 1200 lbs. I want to say I filled the fresh water tank with roughly 20 gallons of water to get us by during the trip, and filled the tank full (108 gallons) about 2.5 hours from our destination.
There was probably an additional 350 lbs. on top of the 1200 lb. polaris ranger in the garage. Despite this fact, it seemed like I was still tongue heavy as if I wasn't careful with my driving ,I could easily induce tailwagging with the trailers rear end.
The ride also seemed a bit "bouncy" too, adding to my suspicions that I didn't have enough weight in the rear.
When I filled the freshwater tank, I could tell it definitely helped in distributing the weight and the trailer towed better. Having said that, based on my one and only trip so far, don't be afraid to load up the garage..
We had to cut our hunt short so I cannot comment on an extended boondocking trip. We stayed 4 days, and put approximately 14 hours on the 5.5 genset, which is pleasantly QUIET!!!!!! It did seem that we drained the single 12 volt battery down quite a bit though, so I'm not sure if an average of the generator running 3 hours each day wasn't sufficiently charging the battery or if there's an issue with the battery itself. It did rain the first 2 nights fairly heavy and the trailer slides were unaffected. Temps dipped down below freezing one night and the trailers insulation seemed adequate but cannot compare to other units with a greater r value. I think the Tq 31 has an r value of 7.
But it was great to have a ducted heater and it works wonderfully, warming the entire coach evenly!
With a capacity of 108 gallons of fresh water, it think a family of 5 could boondock for 5-7 days easily if practical water usage is applied.
I upgraded from an rv that was 23' long, and a 50 fresh water tank so im loving my new trailer that's 37'8 long and holds over 100 gallons of water. It's size, capacities and onan genset make it perfect for dry camping. Its quite a bit bigger though and I've never towed anything this long, but I had no issues towing or maneuvering when searching for an open diesel pump. My 2015 Ford F250 has enough power to make you forget I was even towing.
Never did get to weigh it on a cat scale , although I saw several scales during my trip. Hopefully I'll have it weighed the next time I'm out with it.
I absolutely love this trailer ( and I wouldnt be surprised if you did too)... the hardest part of the trip was not worrying about how much mud was getting tracked into the new trailer...
