chracatoa wrote:
2012 Jayco Flight Swift 267BHS (5963lbs dry, 6650 wet)
Now did you really weigh this rig or are you going by brochures or labels on your trailer? Because I'm a truck driver by trade I've frequently weighed my rig driving through the truck scales when they are closed to commercial traffic, they just about always leave the scales on so you can read your own weight. Suggest you try that the next time you are heading somewhere with your rig, you might be surprised as I was. My tongue weight was listed at 880lbs but when I unhitched on the scale and dropped the foot down I got 1500lbs on the tongue and 8800lbs on the axles (10,300).
Welcome home, what a wonderful adventure, wish you would write a trip report like a bunch of folks do and post pictures.
My wife and I started our RV adventures years ago truck camping and then switched to a TT/Suburban in 1998. Our 1500 Burb handled our 27 foot Arctic Fox fine, and we towed with that set up until we bought our newer 3/4 ton Suburban 3 years later. What a joy that new tow rig brought to our frequent long distance trailering.
I wouldn't trade those years we towed with a half ton, it was all we could afford at the time, and our 1500 was a daily driver, our 2500 never has been and is more expensive to operate. The difference between the two towing was night and day though.
You obviously went on a very long trip, but still the question remains, will upgrading to a HD type tow rig work for you when you are not towing. Can a person justify the expense of selling/trading and getting a new vehicle? The new diesels don't get the mileage they used too and the up front cost is huge.
Oh yes, I even get pushed around at times by other semi's when I'm driving my Peterbilt. Sometimes you don't feel a thing and other times you get the push pull thing going as they slide on by. All the best, Hans
