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Kingofthecove
Nov 15, 2016Explorer
Just checking in again with a quick update:
-4 trips under my belt now, 1,458 miles, averaging 10.6mpg............not the 12mpg I was hoping for, but that was simply noobish wishful thinking anyways. I'm happy with 10.6, especially after talking to a few other campers driving early 2000 model Fords with the V-10, and they're only getting 8, sometimes 9, sometimes less than 8!
-I'm well within weight capacities on the truck axles, the hitch, and the trailer. But my combined truck/trailer weight rating ratio coming in at almost 90% still troubles me. The set-up handles fine, stops well (had an incident of a person pulling out in front of us, which gave me a chance to really test my brakes.......happy to report they work great, and my wife's screaming abilities are still up to par as well!)
Anyways, I can "feel" the trailer back there. I know, it's a 5,000lb box, and I'm going to feel it. Still, it simply doesn't feel "good", for lack of a better term.
For now and the near term, our current set-up will be fine.
Once we venture out for longer trips, I see a bigger truck in my future, with a GVWR of well over 10,000 lbs, and a longer wheelbase.
Only a handful of trips in, and the "bigger boat" syndrome is already hitting home with the wife..............looks like we'll be getting a bigger trailer too! Ha!
-4 trips under my belt now, 1,458 miles, averaging 10.6mpg............not the 12mpg I was hoping for, but that was simply noobish wishful thinking anyways. I'm happy with 10.6, especially after talking to a few other campers driving early 2000 model Fords with the V-10, and they're only getting 8, sometimes 9, sometimes less than 8!
-I'm well within weight capacities on the truck axles, the hitch, and the trailer. But my combined truck/trailer weight rating ratio coming in at almost 90% still troubles me. The set-up handles fine, stops well (had an incident of a person pulling out in front of us, which gave me a chance to really test my brakes.......happy to report they work great, and my wife's screaming abilities are still up to par as well!)
Anyways, I can "feel" the trailer back there. I know, it's a 5,000lb box, and I'm going to feel it. Still, it simply doesn't feel "good", for lack of a better term.
For now and the near term, our current set-up will be fine.
Once we venture out for longer trips, I see a bigger truck in my future, with a GVWR of well over 10,000 lbs, and a longer wheelbase.
Only a handful of trips in, and the "bigger boat" syndrome is already hitting home with the wife..............looks like we'll be getting a bigger trailer too! Ha!
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