Mountain Towing
The wife and I are about to purchase our first camper. Most likely a 5th wheel. A friend mentioned, since we will be towing in the mountains some, to stay small for weight and maneuverability. Conside...
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The sentiments here are largely divided by the Mississippi River, lol!!
I’m a guy that pulls stuff with a little motor and gets p!ss poor mileage, haha......with my company trucks only. It’s the tool I got provided to me for the job, for free.
Having done that for a long time I can tell someone with certainty what the minimum is to get the job done. But it doesn’t mean it’s the best choice. However if it’s the difference between getting out and seeing the country or enjoying yourself be sitting on the porch, financially, by all means rock whatcha got.
Personally, now that I can afford a truck that is more than adequate, I choose to because I understand the virtues of that too.
Now add in folks who need the definition of mountain driving explained to them even though they claim to know.....They can’t see the other side of the coin because they’ve never flipped the coin. So they blindly defend the barely enough truck because they’ve never hit traffic on a 8% uphill at altitude and had to dead start a trailer 20x in 10 minutes.
Mr. Swain chose to buy the absolute minimum truck capable of pulling his camper. It’ll work, but he’s a strong candidate to start another thread next year about what would be a better truck for his camper.
In the meantime, have fun and go camping.
I’m a guy that pulls stuff with a little motor and gets p!ss poor mileage, haha......with my company trucks only. It’s the tool I got provided to me for the job, for free.
Having done that for a long time I can tell someone with certainty what the minimum is to get the job done. But it doesn’t mean it’s the best choice. However if it’s the difference between getting out and seeing the country or enjoying yourself be sitting on the porch, financially, by all means rock whatcha got.
Personally, now that I can afford a truck that is more than adequate, I choose to because I understand the virtues of that too.
Now add in folks who need the definition of mountain driving explained to them even though they claim to know.....They can’t see the other side of the coin because they’ve never flipped the coin. So they blindly defend the barely enough truck because they’ve never hit traffic on a 8% uphill at altitude and had to dead start a trailer 20x in 10 minutes.
Mr. Swain chose to buy the absolute minimum truck capable of pulling his camper. It’ll work, but he’s a strong candidate to start another thread next year about what would be a better truck for his camper.
In the meantime, have fun and go camping.
