What Do You Do When Your Home Is In The Shop?
I'm weighing the choice between a motorhome or a trailer for a full-time home. One difference that I have seen noted is that when a motorhome needs mechanical work and has to go into the shop for rep...
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DallasSteve wrote:
Those are some good tips, and it eases my mind a bit. Dennis MM: I looked at your blog. Why do you have a heavy truck to pull your fifth wheel instead of something like a full-ton pickup? Do you also work as a trucker? Just curious.
I'm not Dennis, but many of us(me included) have tried LDT(1 ton example) and found they were not rated for the weight of the trailer we are pulling. On a fifth wheel, its not how much the trailer weighs(to some extent) but what does the pin weight. LDT can't handle the weight of many trailer, when some pins are 3000 plus. This is not to mention the braking advantage of the MDT/HDT trucks. Go to the Escapee forum and browse the HDT forum and be enlightened grasshopper.
Jim
