Reliable truck+lightweight TT RVing Setup
I'm looking for some lightweight truck+TT ideas. The TT has to have a toilet and shower, around 18-22ft. I recently saw a Honda Ridgeline pulling a decently sized Jayco, looked around 20 feet. That s...
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IMO, the best little truck n trailer combo would be a big teardrop type camper like a Rpod and a mid size truck.
Fuel mileage is a cr@p shoot, IMO. Towing is towing and little truck, big truck, going to basically burn the same amount of gas pulling the same load. Even empty, the 1/2 ton trucks don't really do appreciably worse than the baby trucks.
Base it on what you're doing with the truck. City driving, tight parking, occasional towing (not like big X country trips or every weekend all summer), a mid-size seems to be a just right size.
For alot of folks though, the cost of a 1/2 ton and the fuel mileage is not much different than a small truck, so why pay almost the same for considerably less truck?
Questions only the OP can answer as we don't know all his considerations except that he wants a reliable truck that can tow a small TT. That is virtually every "truck" that is on the market today.
Fuel mileage is a cr@p shoot, IMO. Towing is towing and little truck, big truck, going to basically burn the same amount of gas pulling the same load. Even empty, the 1/2 ton trucks don't really do appreciably worse than the baby trucks.
Base it on what you're doing with the truck. City driving, tight parking, occasional towing (not like big X country trips or every weekend all summer), a mid-size seems to be a just right size.
For alot of folks though, the cost of a 1/2 ton and the fuel mileage is not much different than a small truck, so why pay almost the same for considerably less truck?
Questions only the OP can answer as we don't know all his considerations except that he wants a reliable truck that can tow a small TT. That is virtually every "truck" that is on the market today.
