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mjames
Explorer
Feb 27, 2015

Pulling a Travel Trailer across I70

My wife and I are newbie fulltimers and are going to Denver in May.We are going to Utah via I70.We are pulling a 32' Ultra Light Rockwood Windjammer7500 lbs loaded with a 2012 Ford F150 twin turbo eco boost with trailer package.Is this doable across the rockies? Any concerns
  • Dick_B's avatar
    Dick_B
    Explorer
    Feb 27, 2015
    Yea, I'd be concerned as I am now contemplating such a trip with my 3/4 T Suburban with 6.0L gas engine. I'm not sure it will make it UP the mountains. It probably will make it in 1st gear at 15 mph but I'm not sure I want to do that. One also loses horsepower at altitude.
    My 8.1L Suburban made it just fine.
  • Davion206's avatar
    Davion206
    Explorer
    Feb 27, 2015
    We had a Windjammer 3008 we pulled with a Chev 1500 6.2 truck. It pulled it fine up the mountains, but scared us enough going down the hills that we now have a Ram 3500 dually. The Windjammer wanted to push us too much. Of course, since we had more truck, we got the larger Windjammer 3025. Love it!!!

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