made my truck tow much better!

Well, I currently have a regular cab truck, so no room for the wife and two kids in car seats. The trailer is up for sale and we are going to find a bumper pull to pull behind my wife's Tahoe, so that will put us all in the same vehicle at some point. As for right now, got to make the best of what we have.

Ya! We go as a family. Love to Fight all the way and she thinks I 95 means drive 95. Italians!!

katoom400 wrote:
... I'm thinking that may be the way to go to ease her NCS "nervous co-pilot syndrome"...

HAHAHAHAHAHAHA LOL :) :) :) :)

I'm gonna use that one!!!

The wife normally reads her Kindle while we tow down the road.

bucky wrote:
They don't make that much noise when you marry them. Mine sleeps, reads, or talks on the phone the whole time so I can't listen to my music anyway. The turbo spooling is my only auditory pleasure while towing. I wouldn't trade her for anything.

So you are keeping the truck, huh?;)

Fordlover wrote:

katoom400 wrote:
waste of family time? if you call "family time" wifey constantly telling me to slow down..."there's a hair pin turn coming", the dog barking at every toll attendant, the nervous looks every time the trailer and truck do a little bouncing....yeah, I would rather burn the extra fuel and be alone in the truck...it's not like she every shares in the driving anyway!

She is a nervouse wreck the whole way...I thought about upgrading to a 2500, but my (paid for) 2010 tundra does a fine job of pulling my 2014 outback 250rs(6k lbs empty)

I don't know if a heavy duty truck is going to change her worries.

We where at a RV show over the weekend and a 25' class c caught our attention. I'm thinking that may be the way to go to ease her NCS "nervous co-pilot syndrome"...heck, she may even share in the driving then!

with the price of a new HD truck @ ~40-$50k, a new small class c at $57k doesn't sound all that bad.

of course that opens a different can of worms...I'll need to tow a car on the longer trips...or rent one when we get there. where do the 3 kayaks go, firewood, 4 bicycles, grill and all the other******I stuff in the 8' bed...

who am I kidding...she won't go for a new class c or a new HD truck......carry on!

Man, if my wife made that much noise, I couldn't have married her. You must be tougher than I am.

Ohh, it's actually good entertainment....

This past August, we where on our way up to NH and while coming thru CT, the GPS thought it would be a good idea to send us up rt 15 (no comercial traffic allowed)...who am I to argue with the GPS....surely it knows more than a dummy like me.....

Well, the cars honking at me as I was making the turn to the on ramp SOULD have been a clue...but no...blindly following the GPS, I keep going...

about a mile down the road wifey reads the sign..."clearance 9'6""...here is how the conversation went:

Wifey: "The sign says that overpass right there is 9'6" how tall are we?"

Me: "silence"

Wifey: "Did you hear me? How tall are we?"

Me: "silence, as I put my blinker on and move to the center lane still doing 65mph"

Wifey: "What are you doing, How tall are we?"

Me right as we are about go under: "10'3" about to be 9'6"

Wifey: "SILENCE!"

Everything was fine since the overpass was arched and I know they always post the lowest point (in this case the outside lanes)..But I was nervous also..just didn't say a word and immediately took the next exit.

Now I'm pretty sure if someone offered her $1000 for the trailer, she would have sold it right there on the spot!

Lesson learned! NEVER TRUST GPS!!!

They don't make that much noise when you marry them. Mine sleeps, reads, or talks on the phone the whole time so I can't listen to my music anyway. The turbo spooling is my only auditory pleasure while towing. I wouldn't trade her for anything.

Going through the same thing as I post. Even looked at the C's. Now looking to upgrading the truck to ease her panic. Maybe the separate vehicles could work for us. At least I could listen to Willie instead of the Beach Boys.

katoom400 wrote:
waste of family time? if you call "family time" wifey constantly telling me to slow down..."there's a hair pin turn coming", the dog barking at every toll attendant, the nervous looks every time the trailer and truck do a little bouncing....yeah, I would rather burn the extra fuel and be alone in the truck...it's not like she every shares in the driving anyway!

She is a nervouse wreck the whole way...I thought about upgrading to a 2500, but my (paid for) 2010 tundra does a fine job of pulling my 2014 outback 250rs(6k lbs empty)

I don't know if a heavy duty truck is going to change her worries.

We where at a RV show over the weekend and a 25' class c caught our attention. I'm thinking that may be the way to go to ease her NCS "nervous co-pilot syndrome"...heck, she may even share in the driving then!

with the price of a new HD truck @ ~40-$50k, a new small class c at $57k doesn't sound all that bad.

of course that opens a different can of worms...I'll need to tow a car on the longer trips...or rent one when we get there. where do the 3 kayaks go, firewood, 4 bicycles, grill and all the other******I stuff in the 8' bed...

who am I kidding...she won't go for a new class c or a new HD truck......carry on!

Man, if my wife made that much noise, I couldn't have married her. You must be tougher than I am.

katoom400 wrote:
waste of family time? if you call "family time" wifey constantly telling me to slow down..."there's a hair pin turn coming", the dog barking at every toll attendant, the nervous looks every time the trailer and truck do a little bouncing....yeah, I would rather burn the extra fuel and be alone in the truck...it's not like she every shares in the driving anyway!

Hahaha good post! Made me laugh.

I guess i will count my lucky stars that my wife just reads and tends to the kids on trips. She has also driven with the 5er a few times as well (just not when we pull doubles)