My first post. We recently purchased our 2005 Fleetwood Pioneer 18T6 from the original owner. We have been lurking in the used trailer market since last fall, and finally have jumped in.We wanted our girls (5 and 7) to have the experience of camping - without the wet tents and wood smoke smelling sleeping bags - moreover the skills learned in the moment (making friends, dealing with adversity, technical work-arounds etc.). Yes, I know - that is a Jeep Liberty towing a 3800 Lb trailer. This picture is at the halfway mark of a 650 Km (400 Mile) trip. We plan to upgrade our tow rig to a Laredo or Commander soon, but for now our Daily driver is doing an admiral job. The proportional brake controller, weight distrubition hitch and sway control help keep it on the straight and narrow.

Good for you! Have a great time and make some great memories with your family!

It looks like you have it setup pretty well, but the unloaded weight of the Pioneer is 3800 pounds. With your gear, water, waste, and LP gas it could be much heavier. The Liberty is good up to 5000 pounds, but the Pioneer could go as high as 5900 Pounds. Good luck, and be careful out there living that dream...

Thank you! We're starting out at KOA's till we get our feet wet, we have an escorted boon docking excursion planned for Labour Day.We budget our weight very closely - we're well aware of the Jeep's limitations and take our responsibility to others on the road seriously. The propane seems to last forever, though one tank is nearly empty. We never travel with the trailer 'wet', our trips are maxed at 3 days worth of clothes and food is bought locally after arrival. We nearly bought a shiny new Ultra lite weight single axle 20 footerbut we'd be into it for $20k plus, where as this way we've spent a much more reasonable amount and will put the remainder toward a rig with V8 power and a bit more wheel base - undoubtedly a Jeep (my girls wouldn't be seen in anything else).

FWIW the front and rear fender height is dead smack on stock ride height - though I'm not really pleased with the amount of 'spring' in the hitch as the setup rode in this picture, I've already tried removing a link from the tensioned side - found it too taught - bar angles aren't ideal either as described (too tight to frame). I've got a good amount of adjustment left at the ball - I'll kick the ball back a notch and retry with the original link count (6 or 7 on the tensioned side I believe, 1 link floating regardless).

Good looking rig. It's nice to read a post like this, reminding me of the excitement of getting our TT. It also looks like you did some homework on setting things up.

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S_more_campers
Explorer
Jun 17, 2013
Thank you! We're starting out at KOA's till we get our feet wet, we have an escorted boon docking excursion planned for Labour Day.

We budget our weight very closely - we're well aware of the Jeep's limitations and take our responsibility to others on the road seriously. The propane seems to last forever, though one tank is nearly empty. We never travel with the trailer 'wet', our trips are maxed at 3 days worth of clothes and food is bought locally after arrival.

We nearly bought a shiny new Ultra lite weight single axle 20 footer
but we'd be into it for $20k plus, where as this way we've spent a much more reasonable amount and will put the remainder toward a rig with V8 power and a bit more wheel base - undoubtedly a Jeep (my girls wouldn't be seen in anything else).
sch911
Explorer
Jun 17, 2013
It looks like you have it setup pretty well, but the unloaded weight of the Pioneer is 3800 pounds. With your gear, water, waste, and LP gas it could be much heavier. The Liberty is good up to 5000 pounds, but the Pioneer could go as high as 5900 Pounds. Good luck, and be careful out there living that dream...
abc40kids
Explorer
Jun 17, 2013
Good for you! Have a great time and make some great memories with your family!

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