Just bought my first travel trailer
I just bought a 2020 Keystone Outback 330RL Length 37.83 ft, width 8 ft, height 11.33ft Dry weight 8,839 lbs, payload capacity 1,661 lbs, gvwr 10,500 lbs, hitch weight 1,100 lbs My question is how ...
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campigloo wrote:
The 150 will probably pull it. From past posts I’ve seen some people would hook onto a 53’ cargo trailer at 80k#’s and tell you they can’t tell it’s back there. Ok, exaggeration but that’s the idea. Also remember you have to stop the thing. You’ll really notice the difference when you have to stomp the h*** out of the brakes. If you’re touring all of the 48 you will hit some long steep grades. I’d much rather rely on a high compression 6.7l than a low compression 2.5l to hold the thing back so I’m not cooking the brakes on the way down. Maybe get on you tube and look at some of the roads with an eight hundred foot drop off and an 18” shoulder. Mmmmmmm.
If you are talking about a 6.7 diesel. you should know diesels have high compression only only on the front side. the back side, The side that would provide engine braking, has no compression, only a huge hole. That is why Jake brakes, or some other type of exhaust brake was invented. to give diesels the same engine braking as gas engines. Now days there is more than one type of diesel engine brake, and even a transmission brake. But a diesel with out some sort of add on, has no natural engine braking.
