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vcv
Explorer
Dec 27, 2020

Collecting 5th wheel Tow Data, just for fun, 2000 mile trip

I'm a data geek. So for fun I've set-up an app to allow me to collect tow data while I make a trip across country this next week. I will post the results here when I return from the trip (around Jan 4...
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TXiceman
Explorer II
Dec 28, 2020
A couple of years ago, I would walk around a campground looking at trucks towing larger 5ers. Over several campgrounds from Texas to Colorado and back via Kansas and Oklahoma my results were generally as follows:

Ford diesels were number 1
Next and not too far behind was Dodge Ram, number 2
and a distant number 3 was GMC/Chevy.

Looking at the smaller trailers towed by gassers the three were pretty well equal.

I saw way more rigs that were under trucked than properly or over trucked.

Ken

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