New R-Pod 192 owner

I pull a 195 with my Frontier. My 195 weighs just about the same as your 192. My frontier has a 6,000 plus tow capacity, and 1400 # payload capacity. I would say I have just enough truck to pull my rig without any worries. I also think if you were taking your 192 out for a couple trips a year, not going to far from home, you might be ok if you're careful. But going cross country is serious towing, and I would agree it's not going to be enjoyable. 

Originally posted by happurpal Good points all regarding tow capacity with our TV. We have done quite a bit of research on the towing capacity of the Santa Fe, most people seem to have little difficulty with appropriate suspension support and WDH.  The tongue weight is an issue I think we can mitigate with careful storage. It might be a lesson to learn but our TV is paid off so we are going to try it and see what happens.

It’s always easy to find someone on the Internet who says something jyou would like to do is ok. Doesn’t make it so. If you are set on keeping the Santa Fe can you consider a lighter trailer? I hope by see what happens you mean you will weigh the rig fully loaded as you intend to use it, as opposed to just getting out on the road. If you are overweight on any of your weight limits you are at best illegal. If you wreck you can be found negligent in any litigation that might ensue. Don’t do it. Please be safe and legal.

The 4900 lb figure is I think intended to be a rough estimate of the the max gross weight of the 192 which appears to be listed at 4840. DOT requires the max gross weight to be not more than the axle rating (4400) plus the listed tongue weight (440). If you actually loaded the trailer that way your tongue weight would be only 9% of trailer weight, not good. You need to stay at the very least at 10%, 11-12% is better.

Most of us find our actual trailer weights to be much closer to MGW than to empty weight.   As an example my 179 actual weight (water, dual batteries, single propane, limited supplies and gear) is 3750. The current empty weight is listed as 3046 and the max gross weight is 3815 (the listed empty weight was even lower back in 2015). The tongue weight is right at 500 vs 315 listed. That is my max but I like it that way as it gives me 13% on the tongue which gives me headroom when I shift that water back to gray tank from the fresh tank .

All I am saying is load it up and weigh it.....not everyone is going to be loaded to max, people have dfferent needs.  The consensus on this forum consistently been sell your TV and buy a larger one.  I am saying weigh it and then you know.  That is what I did and I am within specs but marginal....not over specs.  If your weight is over specs then you at least can make a informed decision.  Just my 2 cents.

No one is saying not to weigh it. We all said to get your weights (get all of them, not just the trailer) and I provided a procedure and a calculator link to make it easier to get and track all the data. But you have to weigh the fully loaded trailer and tow vehicle, passengers, fuel, water, batteries, everything as you will want to be traveling. You will have the real weights that way, forget all about the empty weights, those are useless.

Then if you are in spec and willing to watch every additional pound and run your rig right at it’s max rating, that’s up to you. Most folks find pretty quickly that they don’t want to do that. It’s too constraining and you don’t have the level of authority needed to manage the rig in an emergency.