First trip with new TV

NYCgrrl wrote:

Crawfordville wrote:
We drove to Universal Studios from the Tallahassee, Fl area for spring break. Which is about a 4 - 5 hour drive. We upgraded our TV to a Ford 250 from a Chevy 1500. We pull a 32ft Keystone Premier. We drove on I75, Turnpike and I4 without any issues. It was so comforting to know we had the enough power on the interstate. Especially when semis were passing us. We were able to comfortably do 65. We didn't realize what a huge difference it would make. Just wanted to share just in case anyone was considering upgrading.

Guessing you are pulling about 8500 lbs in toto...formerly w/ a vehicle with a 12,000 towing capacity to a vehicle with a 18,500- 24,700 towing capacity. I'm not doubting your better experience just trying to make better sense of this whole towing discussion as an RV newbie. Maybe I should just track down my H.S. physics teacher and not doodle in my notebook the entire semester cuz waiting for the lightbulb to turn on is becoming woefully sad.

Where your math is off is by not calculating the weight of everything into the picture. Our chevy 1500 total weight was 13k. Our tt was around 8k. The extra weight comes into play with all of the other stuff (humans, food, stuff in the trailer, hitch, etc). When all that is added up one quickly ends up just under or over the total capacity of the truck. When one is at capacity then add in real life driving of inclines, declines, speed up, slow down, etc. The tv then really has a hard time having good performance. Which makes for white knuckle driving which is no fun.