Felt so bad for older couple traveling today
While traveling on the turnpike today in Ohio we spotted a travel trailer with white smoke and nasty smell coming from the tire area. My husband assumed wheel bearing. We were really concerned for th...
Forum Discussion
Tom/Barb wrote:robsouth wrote:
No it does not pull itself. I pull it with my daily driver truck. I don't know many folks who "daily drive" a class c or a, so it would be an additional engine, etc, since I have the truck to drive all the time, plus can pull the trailer with it without any additional worries.
Except the 4 extra wheels and tires.
IOWs you have 1 engine, 1 tranny, 1 differential to worry about, when going the road ,just like me. plus you have the trailer wheels.
Only mine are commercial units that have a life expectancy of a couple million miles.
I suspect for the average person, it's only 2 extra wheels since I suspect your Newmar likely has 6 wheels and each of those wheels is drastically more expensive than typical trailer tires. In terms of dollars, the TT owner likely comes out ahead of the game.
Unless you are a carney, I'll give you 1000-1 odds, your MH is worn out long before it hits the mythical couple million miles. The vast majority of MH drivetrains I've come across die from lack of use. This is where using the tow vehilce comes in handy (seals don't dry out, you hear and see things when they are minor and address them when they don't cost as much, so when you are out on a trip they are less likely to turn into vacation ruining problems).
You may be the exception but in the context of this thread, a MH is no more reliable. I'm not suggestion MH's are bad but it would be foolish to assume MH's are more reliable.
