You had close call, scary moment, or accident, towing?

The first trip out I found out that when the sign on the hair pins say THIS speed, they mean it. You may get away with a few miles over on the higher speed ones but the low speed ones (under 35 mph) really mean it.

That same trip we came out from under a underpass and were hit with a gust of wind that moved the whole rig sideways half way into the next lane. Luckily the LEO next to us took it in stride and moved over to the shoulder until I could fight the rig back over. After that he rode in between the gap in front of us and behind a semi that was similarly affected.

I had my rear drums changed on my 1975 pickup (back in 92 when it was only 17 years old) and they did not tell me to tighten the lug nuts every 100 miles for the first few weeks, while the new lug studs where 'set' into place. So my drivers side rear tire came off while I was doing 55 on the freeway, with a camper on the back of the pickup.

It was more a in-convience than a 'scary situation'. Lucky for me, someone stopped and noticed where my rear tire went to, and actually went and brought it back to me. I had to be towed to town, where they installed 8 new lugs on the drivers side, and I tightened the passenger side lugs all the way there.

I have had a couple of blow out tires on the rear of my motorhome, more an in-convience thing too. I changed the tires myself, rather than wait for AAA to show up. It did not really shake the RV or anything.

I probably would recommend a small class C, rather than a truck and trailer. Look into the cost of both ways, and I think that the motorhome way is much easier. I can park just about anyplace on the way to a destination, such as a church parking lot, or in front of a school.

My class C had twin beds in the back, and I changed that to a king size bed by moving the cabinets around. It had a split bath, and dinette on the drivers side just behind the driver. You can put the kids seats facing forward or backward on the dinette. Many are laid out this way.

Good luck,

Fred.

The one trip I felt was scary was when we upgraded to a larger & heavier trailer. It was still within the Expedition's towing rating, but it was white knuckle all the way. Every semi, SUV, or car that passed shoved us around. Bought a used Super Duty for the next trip. A heavy duty pickup isn't required for all towable RVs until you get beyond 80% of a half-ton vehicle's limits IMHO.