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accsys
Jan 10, 2016Explorer
I tend to think that most that say they prefer a truck and towable have never owned a MH pulling a toad four down, especially a Jeep. When we get to our site, before we pull in, we disconnect the Jeep (takes about 90 seconds or less), then pull the MH into the site, push a button and the coach is level, push four more buttons and the slides are out, shut off the engine, turn on the satellite dish, then hook up utilities and that's it. By now the sat dish is locked on and we are ready to enjoy ourselves. It takes longer to decide exact positioning of the coach than everything else combined! The DW has had major back surgery (six disks fused) and both hips replaced in the last two years and we were able to travel two months after each surgery. The climb into the coach entails five steps and when she was able to handle that, we were on the road again.
We travel about 6-7 months of the year entailing 30-50 stops and, after watching people with towables setup when arriving and decamp when leaving, I cannot imagine doing that on a regular basis. We also have the four-wheel drive Libby that is small enough to park anywhere and will take us about anywhere we desire, even over some pretty iffy roads such as a mountain mining road in Idaho that was barely wide enough far a small car and had multiple washouts, one causing us to put the left wheels up the mountain a bit (about 15-20°) to get around it. Could have never done that in a truck of any size, much less a dually.
We travel about 6-7 months of the year entailing 30-50 stops and, after watching people with towables setup when arriving and decamp when leaving, I cannot imagine doing that on a regular basis. We also have the four-wheel drive Libby that is small enough to park anywhere and will take us about anywhere we desire, even over some pretty iffy roads such as a mountain mining road in Idaho that was barely wide enough far a small car and had multiple washouts, one causing us to put the left wheels up the mountain a bit (about 15-20°) to get around it. Could have never done that in a truck of any size, much less a dually.
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