Newbie here - Is R-Pod a good choice?
Never owned a Travel Trailer but wifey and I are looking to purchase one. Just the two of us and our dog. Don't know much but do like the R-Pod 180 - has a dry bathroom. Pulling with a V8 SUV - ...
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gmw photos wrote:Mine was an automatic, the trans in '07 had no tow haul mode and if I recall 3.20 something rear end. I had to manually manage gearing for the most part as well. We drive a lot on secondary mountain roads that are very steep and very twisty, often running 5000rpm plus just so we can keep momentum through the turns... do that for 30 miles and it starts getting old.
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Ok, I'll bite :) .... I tow my 4000 pound 19' funfinder with a '06 Frontier, with the V6 you mention, and a six speed manual. I've towed it close to 30,000 miles now over the last almost 5 years. ....
I'm not 'dissin' the Fronty, ours gave us 90k miles of good service...We drove cross country towing a heavy u-haul AND 2 street bikes loaded in the bed.. it handled that pretty well but it was all interstate and not much mountain climbing. Point is that for OUR usage and our Fronty there's no way I'd feel comfortable towing the 6800# they claimed it would tow except for short distances and certainly not on a regular basis.
Back to OP's original question.. Usage, vehicle specific equipment, personal comfort level (driving at high rpms form long distances for example) play a factor in deciding what to tow and what vehicle to tow it with.
