firebird69 wrote:
Top of the morning to you all, we are 50 now, kids gone and we decided to try out the RV life. I judge field trials which I do off o a Polaris 700 sportsman atv. So we need a toy hauler. My towing rig will be my 2003 Chevy sudurban 1500 4x4. It has I believe 8400 lbs towing capacity. My wife and I found a 2017 puma XLE lite 20TFC
My questions are is this a good entry level for amiddle age couple to travel to field trials. We would probably put an average of about 400 miles a month. And can my suburban tow it. What kind of problem does anyone know about puma? Thanks for reading
I compete/judge retriever field trials so have a good idea about your locations and want for a trailer. Assume your doing pointer FTs, which is why your on a ATV?
My recommendations from the places that we hold our field events at:
1. If you stay near the grounds it will almost always be dry camping (boondocking)
2. Almost all of our fellow FTers go for Northwood/ORV brand trailers for a good reason
3. All of us own super duty 4x4 trucks (one ton most common) with good AT tires and pull TTs. Some have caps most have slide-in dog boxes or full 6-8 hole chassis (Ainley, MTCK, or Deerskin) allowing us to transport dogs easily when we drop the trailer or some do put a ATV in the back.
The vast majority of people have these setups because it works and makes life easy. Almost everyone who starts with something different adopts the main setup sooner or later.
I have a F350 with cap and a ORV TT. If I take the ATV it is loaded in the back of the truck (cap comes off).
If your trials are held on ground similar to ours, your going to need another tow vehicle, as it gets beat up going into some of these places in the weather and locations common to FTs.
Hope this helps.
