brulaz wrote:
Proteus:
Look at Lance trailers. Lower to the ground, light weight. If you don't plan to go off-road they would be great.
(We're going the other way though and planning to spend more time boon-docking off-road at remote locations, so not for us).
Curious about the AWD "trailer" mode. Can you describe what it's supposed to do?
We looked at Lance but they only have one bunkhouse model, the 2185, and it's just too small. If they'd done double bunks instead of cramming a triple in the back, it might work, but it's stilll tiny. Couldn't even get the toilet door to close.
The Mercedes trailer mode basically automatically detects sway, and then cancels it through either alternate front wheel breaking (individually braking an opposite front wheel), or leveraging the AWD system to use engine torque to counter or slow. In practice, it worked really well, could definitely tell when it kicked in.
One thing I forgot to mention was the importance of tire pressures. You have to make absolutely sure to inflate all tires to max. You also need to watch your pressures (ML will show you through the dashboard). If they start to get too high, SLOW DOWN. If you're towing a trailer, you BELONG in the slow lane. I've seen idiots driving pickup trucks who think it's perfectly ok to tow at 80mph. No, no, no. Trailer tires can't handle it, and towing a big trailer at that speed, especially with a bouncy, loose truck suspension is just a bad idea,
