honestly, I think both are comparable in weight and length. That said, I think both are too much trailer for the armada. Why? because I used to tow my TT with an armada. My TT is a similar floor plan to the 28BH but lighter and shorter. mine is 30' and weighs 7000 lbs loaded. My tongue weight is close to 1000 lbs. my armada was a 2004 LE 4x4 model. My armada was also rated to tow 9100 lbs but my payload was way under what you are listing. with 2 adults, 1 preschool aged child and a 70 lb dog we only had 800 lbs of available payload. this number was obtained at the cat scales with a full tank of fuel. I advise you to go weigh your armada with the whole family, any pets and gear that you intend to take in the vehicle when camping. Take the scaled weight and subtract it from the armadas gvwr to get your available payload. Take the scaled weight and subtract it from the armadas gcwr to get your adjusted towing capacity. you will find your numbers are going to be a lot lower than you think. remember the TT tongue weight should be approx 13-15% of the loaded TT weight. Both of these TT that you list will likely weigh at least between 8000-9000 lbs when fully loaded. that means a tongue weight of 1040-1350 lbs or more.
Now the other end of this is how the Armada handled pulling the 7000 lb zinger I mentioned above. I had a Reese dual cam for wdh/sway control and after many adjustments, measurements and trips to the scale we got that dialed in right (hint, turn armada off and set up wdh without loaded leveling suspension engaged). handling was really bad. Every vehicle (car, SUV, semi etc) that passed would push the rig all over the road. The trailer always felt like it was the tail wagging the dog. Even with E rated Michelin LT tires. The armada struggled big time in the mountains. I would gear way down but still have trouble keeping the transmission cool on a long steep grade. The real trouble came in vA going down a long twisting 2 lane 7% downgrade. I stopped at the truck pull off at the top of the hill, went down the mountain in lower gears than going up and tried every other trick I knew from 20 yrs of towing horse trailers. that TT proceeded to push the armada down the mountain. I used the brakes way more than I wanted to because the engine wasn't strong enough to hold the TT back. By the bottom I had almost completely cooked my brakes. Never again is what I told Dh. The armada was traded in on the F250 in my signature before I was willing to come out of the flat lands again. Now there is no more white knuckle driving. I took that same mountain road last year with the F250. it was like night and day. The engine held the TT the whole way down. I had to pump the brakes 1 or 2 times and that was it.I'm merely telling you what my experience was with a TT that weighs loaded just over what the ones you are looking at dry, IMHO if you want a TT that big, you need to get at least a 3/4 ton SUV, van or truck (if not a 1 ton van or truck).best of luck to you.Edited by: anaro
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