What’s your daily driver and project vehicles?
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Hillbilly Canuck
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@Duck My father in law has done exactly this. Fifth wheel air bags and a compressor to tank way too big a camper with an F150. Of course he doesn't take his truck out of 4WD all winter either. He knows everything they is to know about everything they is to know.Because the guy I bought it from was a retard.
He was trying to pull a 30 foot camper with it and was getting a grinding noise.
So he had a friend who was only slightly less retarded drive it, and he said the noise was from the squatting suspension pushing the drive shaft into the back of the trans.
So they put the air bags on it but never used them because he bought a Suburban instead. Big family.
Anyway the grinding was actually the trans slipping.
Dude tried towing a 30 foot camper with an half ton with an automatic.
They don't take the beating. They are to prevent bouncing and seasickness. When you bottom out, the axle hits the rubber blocks before the shocks bottom out. Have you ever noticed that the shocks on an 18 wheeler aren't much bigger than the ones on a pickup? Do you think you can bounce 34,000 lbs on them? That's 8500 lbs on a single shock. Do you seriously think they hold up the vehicle?
And you don't? Why not?
Electric Chicken
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How big is the camper?@Duck My father in law has done exactly this. Fifth wheel air bags and a compressor to tank way too big a camper with an F150. Of course he doesn't take his truck out of 4WD all winter either. He knows everything they is to know about everything they is to know.
Ontario Outlaw
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Too big for an F150. Says it right there
Electric Chicken
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Not really. I need specifics.
Ontario Outlaw
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Oh ok, then that's a fair question. Carry on
Hillbilly Canuck
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I'm not sure of the weight but it's at least 35'. Damn thing may or may not be overloaded but it sure looks comical. The running 4WD on bare pavement just because there's snow on the ground is what really cracked me up though.
Electric Chicken
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A 35 is definitely pushing it if not over. Usually 28 and under is more realistic by the time you get your crap inside it.
Personally, I'd get nearly the smallest dual axle with its own brakes. I don't wanna pull more than I have to but I also don't want my tow vehicle doing all the braking work. That's why I got the size of open trailer that I got. It's gonna be way under utilized most of the time, but at least it'll help slow everything down instead of pushing.
These mega campers to me seem to be losing the whole point of camping. It's supposed to be a bed with some amenities, not a whole home replacement, IMHO.
Duck
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The aluminum cap and the lame hubcaps are good, because it indicates that it was driven by an old man. And typically old guys don't abuse their vehicles. The gayness factor also prevents his teenage grandsons from wanting to borrow it.Heres a picture of the F150. Wifey just made the downpayment on it today, but cannot drive it since its a manual. Hahahaha!
Only rust spot on it is above the passenger side rear wheel. Other than that, this truck is in great shape for a '94. I cant wait to get home this weekend and drive it.
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Yeah. Mine is 41 years old and still running strong.
Tool box, so you're going to ditch the cap.
I had one of those. I just ripped it apart for the square tube the other day.
Duck
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You'll tear up a half ton really fast pulling that around.
You pretty much need a 1 ton dually for a camper that big.
Dually for safety and stability, even if a regular one is rated for the weight.
Electric Chicken
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Pretty much. The sketchiness of my 24' box in crosswinds and turbulence was the primary motivation for getting the flatdeck. It's not so bad with a car inside holding it down, but if you're going to fetch one or taking one somewhere, half the trip is gonna be scary emptiness.
Duck
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My dad's airplane trailer is 25'. Single axle, very light. I hit 44 mph towing it on the street with my ATV with two riding lawnmowers in it.
The airplane is an ultralight, so about 250 lbs.
He used my '89 Ranger to go to NJ and get it and bring it back. Coincidentally I had a load to Philly, and my reload was out of Newark going to Iowa. The timing worked out so I was able to follow him all the way back.
In Ohio it was windy as hell and it was swaying all over the place unless I was blocking the wind with my trailer, which had side skirts. I was in the right lane and he was in the middle. Side by side the entire three lane section. By Toledo the winds had died down quite a bit.
Electric Chicken
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Yeah dude it's scary as hell at times. Especially when a trucker blows by and you're in his wake. I used mine to fetch the dining room table, so all I had was tools on the way up and a couple hundred points of table plus the tools on the way back. I can't say I liked it at all.
Having said that, I don't have a weight distribution hitch like I should and a nose cone or truck cap might help some as well. I just don't use it anywhere near enough to buy into all that stuff, and never intended to.
Ontario Outlaw
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We agree that for your limited usage, you're set up fine. I think we agree anyway.
However I'll never understand people that don't buy enough truck. I've never once wished for a weight distribution hitch, nose cone or truck cap. I honestly don't know why that would help with towing
I've pulled motorhomes, box trailers, enclosed trailer and flatbeds behind a F150, F250, F350, all bumper pull. I've hauled lots with a gooseneck flatbed behind a F350.
So I don't know the point to this. Except I dont understand people that dont buy enough truck
THBatMan8
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Im going to keep the camper shell. I might find a use for it.The aluminum cap and the lame hubcaps are good, because it indicates that it was driven by an old man. And typically old guys don't abuse their vehicles. The gayness factor also prevents his teenage grandsons from wanting to borrow it.
Yeah. Mine is 41 years old and still running strong.
Tool box, so you're going to ditch the cap.
I had one of those. I just ripped it apart for the square tube the other day.
Electric Chicken
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Sell it to @Duck. He'll turn it into a jacuzzi.
THBatMan8
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Thought about turning it into a garden.
Duck
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My fiberglass one made a good dog house, until wind tossed it around and smashed out the glass. Now I just use it to keep rain off of my spare Ford Ranger axle.
Duck
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Weight distribution hitch is to compensate for soft springs or too much tongue weight.We agree that for your limited usage, you're set up fine. I think we agree anyway.
However I'll never understand people that don't buy enough truck. I've never once wished for a weight distribution hitch, nose cone or truck cap. I honestly don't know why that would help with towing
I've pulled motorhomes, box trailers, enclosed trailer and flatbeds behind a F150, F250, F350, all bumper pull. I've hauled lots with a gooseneck flatbed behind a F350.
So I don't know the point to this. Except I dont understand people that dont buy enough truck
Nose cone and truck caps improve aerodynamics.
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