Buying a tow vehicle question
New to this website and new to rv’ing. I’m wanting to buy a tow vehicle for a 20ft tt with about 3800 lbs dry. I would like to buy a 1/2 ton as it will be used as a family vehicle most of the time. My...
Forum Discussion
Dlow240 wrote:
Thanks to all who has responded. Last year I bought a 2015 f250 4wd to tow a 5500 dry weight tt. 3.73 axle. 6.2 gas burner. Haven’t pulled it anywhere much since I bought them both. Lived in the camper while waiting to get in a new house. Pulling it home on the interstate in hills and trying to keep speed about 65, the rpms were very high and I was concerned. Also, dropped to 7 mpg as long as I was in hills but mpg isn’t a major factor. Performance on the road is more important. Downsizing for traveling and want to make the right choice.
Your not going to be happy going smaller and having the same issues. the problem isn't weight or length, it has to do with frontal area. you are pulling a sail down the road and that will create more load on the engine.
You say the rpms were very high? what is high? for me 5k rpms is high! 3k rpms is normal for a gasser to turn. mine personally will only hit 3200 on hills which is normal.
If you want easy towing and not high rpms get a PuP as that will shadow the truck. going from a 3/4 ton to a 1/2 ton isn't going to help you!
