First Time renting/towing
My wife and I have our hearts set on trying camping with a travel trailer. No pop-ups, no 5ths, just a plain old camping trailer. I originally had an '01 Dodge Dakota V6 Sport 4WD that we were going t...
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Our first RV rental was 25 foot TT similar to the ones we were looking to buy.
I had an F-150 with a towing package and enough cargo capacity.
What I did not know was the previous owner had ordered it with a low emissions package which translated to a 200 hp. motor. We went from IN to the Ozarks for 10 days.
The braking was fine, the parking was okay, the wind and truck buffets were a surprise but not bad, however, the acceleration was very poor.
The transmission was always trying to down shift so I had to play the gas and speed to keep the motor rpm down. The end result was a top speed of 62 mph on the flat and 50 to 55 mph in the hills.
Being from the old school where you drive what you have and take notes, we learned that we would need more horse power, and a different
Floor plan than what we thought we wanted.
We stayed with the 25 ft TT length, but bought a 356 hp E-boost F-150 4x4.
Renting allowed us to determine what we really wanted in a TT and TV.
Good luck.
I had an F-150 with a towing package and enough cargo capacity.
What I did not know was the previous owner had ordered it with a low emissions package which translated to a 200 hp. motor. We went from IN to the Ozarks for 10 days.
The braking was fine, the parking was okay, the wind and truck buffets were a surprise but not bad, however, the acceleration was very poor.
The transmission was always trying to down shift so I had to play the gas and speed to keep the motor rpm down. The end result was a top speed of 62 mph on the flat and 50 to 55 mph in the hills.
Being from the old school where you drive what you have and take notes, we learned that we would need more horse power, and a different
Floor plan than what we thought we wanted.
We stayed with the 25 ft TT length, but bought a 356 hp E-boost F-150 4x4.
Renting allowed us to determine what we really wanted in a TT and TV.
Good luck.
