Erki
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What do you tow/haul
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Erki
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Yeah im having trouble finding pics from very long ago. Ive towed a few things. But mostly the travel trailer.
bucket
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I haven't really towed much with mine, just a few smaller loads. Ironically, I used the '00 to tow the '78 home when I bought it, but I've since towed most of the loads with the '78, lol.
What have you done with the burb?
bucket
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Small loads, medium loads, and a heavy load from time to time as well.
That's just a selection, but you get the idea. The '00 probably pulls just as well, but it was primarily my wife's DD for the longest time, so it often wasn't available to me.
Erki
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A couple others from last summer with the lq4 powered ratrod.
bucket
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That's a nice camper. Diamond plate up front is a good idea that I should copy. I also need other cosmetic items, lol.
Erki
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Yeah campers really take a beating there. Love that square body dually.
Dravec
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This was what I towed from Idaho back home to Texas in June, when I brought my fiancé down here. Her CR-V and all her stuff. Right at 7700 lbs. between the car and all her stuff. The Silverado hauled everything without much complaint, with the exception of the Raton pass from Colorado to New Mexico. That sucked. 1st gear at 5400 RPM for nearly 5 minutes. I was concerned for the health of the motor, but she held together just fine.
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some more work being put in by the duraburb...
With our new to us truck. There will never ever be a travel trailer attached to it. They are great for some and serve a purpose and people have fun with them. I worked in shops for 40+ years and 30+ was as a service manager/advisor/writer. I even wrote service for Monaco Motorhomes at one time, in Harrisburg, Or. Monaco main plant was just down the highway in Coburg, Or.
I wrote service for Class A and the trailers. I grew to hate them all. Never made as they should have been and IMO, very cheaply made. The people/owners that I dealt with were 80% turds and 20% ok. They could come in for service. I would write up their concerns. That night, in the camp lot where they were all at overnight, they would talk to each other and "gotta keep up with the Jones's" and if someone was in for a problem, all of a sudden, the next morning, a bunch of them had the same problems and wanted to add work to their service ticket. Each week was like that. each and every single efffffffin' week.
Give me an enclosed cargo trailer and let me build it the way I want. Give me a car hauler trailer and I will tow all day long but approach me about hauling a travel trailer and I will throw rocks at you. Also, towing with the wrong size hauler is against the law. Tow with the correct rig/truck.
I wrote service for Class A and the trailers. I grew to hate them all. Never made as they should have been and IMO, very cheaply made. The people/owners that I dealt with were 80% turds and 20% ok. They could come in for service. I would write up their concerns. That night, in the camp lot where they were all at overnight, they would talk to each other and "gotta keep up with the Jones's" and if someone was in for a problem, all of a sudden, the next morning, a bunch of them had the same problems and wanted to add work to their service ticket. Each week was like that. each and every single efffffffin' week.
Give me an enclosed cargo trailer and let me build it the way I want. Give me a car hauler trailer and I will tow all day long but approach me about hauling a travel trailer and I will throw rocks at you. Also, towing with the wrong size hauler is against the law. Tow with the correct rig/truck.
Back in my racing days that how we built our race trailer. It was a 28ft enclosed trailer made by Competitive Custom trailer. It was 101” wide and had 8lug axles.
I couldn’t afford a race trailer with living quarters so We insulated ours and ran electrical, installed the largest roof mount a/c we could get. In the front it had a 55gal water tank with a tankless water heater. The shower was a full size corner unit that drained straight to the ground. When we would get to the races we would unpack, close the trailer back up, turn the A/C on and blow up the mattress.
Only thing a haul now is a open car hauler, and boat.
Original owner of a 2003 Silverado SS with Radix supercharger I am towing a 1996 Prowler (22ft) which I have owned for 20 years. Other than 8-9 MPG (premium gas) when towing, it tows great even though the SS is not an ideal tow vehicle. No sway even in strong winds. I recently weighed it all and found I am running over the truck's GVWR. The trailer runs about 5000 pounds with a GVWR of 5200 pounds although I have upgraded the axles long ago. The tongue weight of 750 pounds puts the truck over weight for the truck's GVWR but well under the "towing capacity". In any event it shows now signs of excessive wear from running over the GVWR and handles/brakes safely. The weight distribution hitch levels out the truck. The tongue weight percentage of the trailer weight is on the high end at 14.5% of the trailer weight, which probably contributes to it's stable towing manners.
It has taken us on many adventures through the Sierra's an other places.
Yosemite:
Near Mammoth Mountain:
The "Lost Coast" in Northern California:
It has taken us on many adventures through the Sierra's an other places.
Yosemite:
Near Mammoth Mountain:
The "Lost Coast" in Northern California:
