AkJason wrote:
Well, to be honest I am a good 1000-1500lbs lighter than your rig dry. I was just looking for down the road, eventually I would like to permanently mount the camper on the truck and park it. Debating on picking up a throw away car as a commuter to save on the 60 mile daily drive + wear on the truck.
Just debating right now. Heck even thought bout dumping the 2008 Chevy and finding an older gas dually I can use strictly as a tow hauler and park. Save some money on an older rig, pick up a commuter car to rack miles up on. We shall see!
But thanks for the links guys, I will give it some more thought. Going to see how the truck runs this summer most likely and go from there. I don't even get enough side to side sway to really even need a rear sway bar currently. I just always like to over build and be ready for the worst.
Hey Jason,
I would like to offer some "opinion" here. You can take it or leave it. But Also living in Alaska, the changes in temps and cold winters ( and probably the damp here in Kodiak) Have been problematic on vehicles ( at least for me). I have owned TT's in the lower-48, and always had good luck, other than the occasional dry-rotted tire that blew in 100+ degree heat.
In Alaska, I have had 2 class C MH's. Both well kept, but since we do not get to use our RV's a lot, I experienced quite a few "bugs" in electrical, batteries, automatic transmission seals, not to mention the added insurance expense. These reasons combine with the Ferry cost's (charge by the foot) that we went to the TC. My TC hauler is my daily driver/ My wood-hauler/ my Snow-Plow/ and hauls the family too. It gets used most days of the week. When I load the TC on and get redy for a trip, I am not asking myself "Is the rig gonna get me there and back?" of "what is going to break on this trip?". If you can afford to hang on to the newer truck, but keep it for at least once a week drives, so it is reliably ready for your trips, that has been good for me for a lot of peace-of-mind. THen spring for a commuter cheapo gas economizer.
When We lived in San Diego, CA, I had a 1994 454 Suburban to haul the family and tow the TT. My wife had a little Honda for her and the kids, and I was still in the navy, and I commuted in a little 1966 Datsun PU. Wasn't anything special. I paid $400 for it, and it was my commuter for over 8 years. Now my son is learning to drive it, and it will be his till he saves for something that he wants to pay for. We would drive the Suburban on the weekends when we needed to go somewhere with all 6 of us, so I felt confident when we hooked up the TT, it was ready to go.
I hope that this is not too far off-topic...
If so... Here are my Visions and Tires I just picked up for the F350.
