- First Name
- Steve
- Joined
- Mar 23, 2021
- Threads
- 7
- Messages
- 236
- Reaction score
- 385
- Location
- Elbridge NY, USA
- Vehicle(s)
- Bronco Sport OB
Sponsored
Anyone pulling camper?
- Thread starter omahafordowner
- Start date
- Watchers 9
The total gross weight dry of one of those is 1946 pounds or 2006 with just the battery and propane tank without a single other thing in them, such as water or cargo. That leaves you only 194 pounds for all your cargo and water. Water alone is 91 pounds, leaving you 103 pounds for ALL your trailer cargo to avoid exceeding the BS limits.Has everything. AC, furnace, kitchen-sink-stove-fridge, bathroom, TV, stereo, solar. It's our hard shell tent with all the comforts of home. T@B 320S
What is your tongue weight once loaded? I cannot see how that trailer would stay within the BS limits of 220 pounds on the tongue with the propane, battery and influence of cargo and water (and potentially a sway bar)?
With your family, watercraft, cargo etc what is the combined gross weight you are running? The tab allows 2900 for its GVWR (which you cannot do with the BS since it has to stay under 2200) and the BS is 4630 which means if you pull that fully loaded BS and trailer onto a scale it cannot exceed 7530 pounds without being over the legal limit. Or your vehicle spec limit combined would be 6830 combined.
Just curious what those numbers were and how you made them fit.
1. Tongue weight loaded
2. Total trailer weight loaded
3. Combined vehicle weight loaded.
Last edited:
It's not a camper but this cargo trailer pulls very nicely behind the Badlands. Recently bought and glad we went with this size.
Before anything is said, yes for the Bronco Sport we can only add a little over 1,000 lbs to keep it at the 2200 lb limit. We will tow this with our truck for a heavier load.
It was a 2 hour drive pulling home behind the Badlands.
Before anything is said, yes for the Bronco Sport we can only add a little over 1,000 lbs to keep it at the 2200 lb limit. We will tow this with our truck for a heavier load.
It was a 2 hour drive pulling home behind the Badlands.
Last edited:
- First Name
- Mark
- Joined
- Oct 30, 2021
- Threads
- 100
- Messages
- 5,262
- Reaction score
- 9,869
- Location
- St. Jacob, IL
- Vehicle(s)
- 2021 Badlands | 2020 Escape
I think you may have a few numbers mixed up. The maximum GCWR (gross combined weight rating) for the Badlands is 6,260 lbs; all other trims (with the 1.5L engine) are 5,860 lbs. The GCWR is the weight of the vehicle, the trailer, and everything loaded in both.
If you are towing a 2200 lb trailer with a Badlands (curb weight ~3,750 lbs) you have roughly 300 lbs that you may load in either the vehicle or the trailer before you hit the max GCWR.
The maximum trailer weight you may tow is 1,500 lbs with the base model; 2,000 lbs for the BB/OB. If you tow a 2,000 lb trailer with BB/OB (curb weight ~3450) you have roughly 400 lbs you may load in either the vehicle or the trailer before you hit the max GCWR.
- First Name
- Steve
- Joined
- Mar 23, 2021
- Threads
- 7
- Messages
- 236
- Reaction score
- 385
- Location
- Elbridge NY, USA
- Vehicle(s)
- Bronco Sport OB
Using a Curt Echo Bluetooth controller. Couldn't find a wiring harness for a Bronco Sport. Ran a fused charging wire up front to the battery.
- Thread starter
- #82
The Europeans/Canadians can make some nice lightweight campers. I haven't been able to find anyone that sells any of them in the US.Tabs are nice and well-built. Top of the line for teardrops, but, close to our towing limit.
The Tab 400 is a better size but too heavy for the BS to pull.
Check out these other trailers as well that have all the same features (including wet baths) at a lower price point (except for the Safari Condo):
ProLite PlusS (1390 lbs) Sleeps 2
ProLite Lounge (1485 lbs) Sleeps 3
ProLite PLUS (1590 lbs) Sleeps 2
ProLite Profil (1685 lbs) Sleeps 4
Then, there's the Rove Lite (1707-1850 lbs depending on layout) Sleeps 2-4
And, Alto Safari Condo F1743 (1765lbs) Sleeps 3-4
Prolites can be found here in the US.
RV LEADERS
555 Edna Road Adamsburg, PA 15611
Sales: 724 523-0405
lots of Rove Lite dealers in US.
https://travelliterv.com/find-a-dealer/
You are correct that the GCWR is the total capacity for everything….trailer, tow vehicles, cargo, etc. GCWR does not apply to the Badlands (as you posted) as an individual vehicle. that is called the GVWR (gross vehicle weight rating).
Not sure where you got your numbers. The GVWR of the 2022 Badlands is not 6280 but 4630 according to all resources I have seen. Curb weight is in the 3700 range depending on your options as you stated.
If you are towing a trailer that is at 2000 lb as you stated, that is the maximum tow capacity of the BB/OB as you stated and you cannot add 400 pounds to the trailer otherwise you exceed the towing capacity of the Badlands even though you are under the GCWR. The only place it can go is in the badlands and adds towards its payload and toward the GVWR of the badlands.
Payload of badlands = people, cargo, pets, AND tongue weight from trailer. PAyload + Curb weight cannot exceed GVWR of Badlands
You cannot exceed the GVWR of either the TT or TV even if the combined is below the GCWR.
Plus there is tongue weight. You cannot exceed tongue weight regardless of your GCWR or GVWR, etc.
The illustration Iwas addressing shows that there will be a problem most likely with their tongue weight.
- First Name
- Mark
- Joined
- Oct 30, 2021
- Threads
- 100
- Messages
- 5,262
- Reaction score
- 9,869
- Location
- St. Jacob, IL
- Vehicle(s)
- 2021 Badlands | 2020 Escape
Check the document I linked to in my post. Ford lists the GCWR for the Badlands at 6,260 lbs.
Yeah, that may not have been completely clear. I understand that 2,000lbs is the max trailer weight for the BB/OB with the trailer tow option. My point was you are only 400 lbs from Ford's published GCWR of 5,860 lbs (again, see the link) with a BB/OB towing a 2,000 lb trailer.
- First Name
- Dustin
- Joined
- Feb 27, 2022
- Threads
- 12
- Messages
- 1,586
- Reaction score
- 2,121
- Location
- Kingston, Wa
- Vehicle(s)
- 2022 Bronco Sport Badlands
In general the capacities of the BS are quite terrible.
- Joined
- Nov 5, 2021
- Threads
- 14
- Messages
- 411
- Reaction score
- 518
- Location
- Texas
- Website
- www.floracreekplace.com
- Vehicle(s)
- '08 Merc Mariner, 2012 Mustang (R.I.P), 2022 BS BL
I need one in TX lol
- First Name
- Steve
- Joined
- Mar 23, 2021
- Threads
- 7
- Messages
- 236
- Reaction score
- 385
- Location
- Elbridge NY, USA
- Vehicle(s)
- Bronco Sport OB
We travel light. Don't carry water when towing. Battery is moved inside so not on tongue. Tongue weight is at 180 lbs. Tows just fine. Have gauge for both engine temp, transmission temp and horsepower. Factory tow package is required as the transmission is the weak point, not the engines and needs the larger cooler. No problems towing in the East. Wouldn't tow it in the Rockies. Been packing and towing trailers of all sorts for many years. 2,000# trailer on the Sport is not a problem as long as it's packed correctly, you keep it under 65, has a properly adjusted brake controller, and is not a large profile above the Sport.
Last edited:
