US 5th Wheel Complance in Australia

jerem0621 wrote:

RobertRyan wrote:
Towing Ike Gauntlet with a HD Ram

Dayle1 wrote:

RobertRyan wrote:

Rated to tow 30,000lb , yes if you want snails passing you.
Better to get a MDT Truck that can actually tow that amount

This is such a ridiculous statement as to discredit anything you have or will post, including the balance of this post. There are plenty of MINIMUM speed limits and no US manufacturer is going to claim a towing capacity that could not maintain normal highway speeds and do it safely and reliably.

Well would disagree with you. On the TFL website they were towing 30,000lb trailers up a 7 % Gradient and they were crawling. Minium speed was very slow indeed. Too suggest this is an acceptable speed maybe it is in the US but not here

To be fair to the test, they do not allow manual shifting on these tests in TFL. Anyone else would downshift and let it run. I take nearly no stock in those tests.

There is no way a 160-320 hp Class 8 truck (IVECO link)would have done better on that pull with 30,000 lbs. The physics simply do not work in its favor.

I don't understand your axe that you grind with the North American Trucks. Your trucks are smaller, cramped, lower HP and TQ, and that some how makes them better???

As for the trailers, Aussie trailers are built more rugged, that is a fact, but they serve a totally different purpose. Ours are used for vacations (holiday) and rarely go off-roading in conditions like the Outback or the bush in Australia.

Those quarters are tight in those campers too. Also, what sane person would take a super expensive trailer like you show in the pics and drive them through rivers and bang them on rocks. Something doesn't add up.

For me, give me a nice Laramie Longhorn, King Ranch, or High Country crew cab with a nice fiver or big TT and I will be comfy comfy for hours on end driving across this beautiful country of ours for years to come.

Thanks!

Jeremiah