Towing with Silverado...am I delusional?
Hi all, I am a perteptual lurker on the forums, but have gained valuable insight from those who frequently post on here. For that, I thank you. We currently have a 27 foot TT weighing in at 6700 dr...
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I towed my new 2005 Flagstaff 8528RESS 5th wheel for about 250 miles which did pretty good. The salesman of course said I would not have any problems towing this baby.... Then I got brave and started a trip from VA to Gatlinburg TN on I81 which has a couple of long grade mtn passes on it... Made it up the mtn pass just fine but coming down the other side was a death grip on the steering wheel. I was sweating bullets before I got control again.
It was just not enough truck to handle the weight of the trailer which was listed as 8800lbs...
Now if I grew up pulling trailers I probably would not have any problems at all but this was all very new to me towing something this large behind my F150 class truck...
I turned around and had to go through the same thing again to get back home and thats when I parked it in my back yard next to the woods where it still sets today. When i traded trucks later I never moved the fifth hitch over to the new 2010 truck...
It is now our get-away trailer setup here at the house. Grandkids love it when they came show up for overnites here.
Please make good judgement choices here... I still see the F150 truck towing similar trailers on the road but didn't work out for me. I chickened up pretty quick.
Roy Ken
It was just not enough truck to handle the weight of the trailer which was listed as 8800lbs...
Now if I grew up pulling trailers I probably would not have any problems at all but this was all very new to me towing something this large behind my F150 class truck...
I turned around and had to go through the same thing again to get back home and thats when I parked it in my back yard next to the woods where it still sets today. When i traded trucks later I never moved the fifth hitch over to the new 2010 truck...
It is now our get-away trailer setup here at the house. Grandkids love it when they came show up for overnites here.
Please make good judgement choices here... I still see the F150 truck towing similar trailers on the road but didn't work out for me. I chickened up pretty quick.
Roy Ken
