New owner of Open Range LT308BHS
After strongly considering an Outdoors RV 27BHS, we decided on going a little larger and went with a bunkhouse model. I would have gone with Outdoors RV 31KQBS but the model has been discontinued, unf...
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Greetings everyone! I'm currently pulling a 2015 OR 310BHS with my 2014 Silverado CC/Standard bed Max tow.
No I didn't intend to go with the 310...but the lacrosse dealer was being a bit of a douche and the 308 was sold out from under us. On top of that the catalog claimed the 310 was only 500lbs heavier. In actuality it was close to 1k heavier when it arrived due to "engineering changes" that were not incorporated in the literature.
Truck mods:
I use the equalizer 1400 adjusted per that manual. Because the wet tongue weight of the rig was heavier than a normal class IV I upgraded to a curt Class V 2". To tweak the ride I installed supersprings SSA8. Waiting on either the bilstein 5100s or rancho 9k shocks to be released so I can finish finessing the ride quality.
I have run the combo across the CAT scales wet (3 pax, trailer loaded and bed full of bikes and cooler) and I come in slightly overloaded. Here are my numbers steering axle 3450, drive axle 4245, trailer 8800. Comes out to 16,495 lbs. Since that weigh in I've relocated the cooler to the floor inside the entry door when travelling and ditched a lot of the heavy stuff from forward storage (was using concrete block to support the trailer jack). As we continue to travel we are refining/lightening where possible.
How does it pull. Just fine...when you hit bridge expansion joints it tends to porpoise just a little too much. So I have to tweak the damping a little to dial it in. Braking is perfect. I dial in my controller on loose gravel and tow in that configuration (gain +9). Temperatures remain well within limits and I pull 8-9 mpg @ 60.
No I didn't intend to go with the 310...but the lacrosse dealer was being a bit of a douche and the 308 was sold out from under us. On top of that the catalog claimed the 310 was only 500lbs heavier. In actuality it was close to 1k heavier when it arrived due to "engineering changes" that were not incorporated in the literature.
Truck mods:
I use the equalizer 1400 adjusted per that manual. Because the wet tongue weight of the rig was heavier than a normal class IV I upgraded to a curt Class V 2". To tweak the ride I installed supersprings SSA8. Waiting on either the bilstein 5100s or rancho 9k shocks to be released so I can finish finessing the ride quality.
I have run the combo across the CAT scales wet (3 pax, trailer loaded and bed full of bikes and cooler) and I come in slightly overloaded. Here are my numbers steering axle 3450, drive axle 4245, trailer 8800. Comes out to 16,495 lbs. Since that weigh in I've relocated the cooler to the floor inside the entry door when travelling and ditched a lot of the heavy stuff from forward storage (was using concrete block to support the trailer jack). As we continue to travel we are refining/lightening where possible.
How does it pull. Just fine...when you hit bridge expansion joints it tends to porpoise just a little too much. So I have to tweak the damping a little to dial it in. Braking is perfect. I dial in my controller on loose gravel and tow in that configuration (gain +9). Temperatures remain well within limits and I pull 8-9 mpg @ 60.
