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TxGearhead
Oct 22, 2020Explorer II
I've got a TC and a 5th. Both are stored at our home. The 5th is much easier to get ready. Takes maybe 5 minutes to hitch it and have on the driveway ready to pack. The TC requires me to get the plywood out of the barn and put it in the truck bed, then drag the heavy rubber mat out and put that on the plywood. Then get the frame extensions installed, then the Fastguns. Then raise the TC and very slowly and carefully back under it. It's a high pucker factor with maybe 3/4" clearance on each fender. The TC is much faster to load because it's only me using it. My wife won't climb the scissor steps. It takes longer to load the 5th because of the wife's clothes and more of everything else because of the greater storage.
Going down the road the TC has the advantage of not worrying about how I am going to get out of a parking lot or a dead end street. The issue of opening a slide to use the restroom has never been an issue. That takes maybe 30 seconds of pushing a button. I frequently pull off the road and open both truck doors and stand next to the truck to pee. We have never stopped and fixed a lunch on the side of the road or rest area.
But the major advantage of the TC is I am not worrying about Chinese tires and Chinese bearings carrying a heavy trailer down the road.
Going down the road the TC has the advantage of not worrying about how I am going to get out of a parking lot or a dead end street. The issue of opening a slide to use the restroom has never been an issue. That takes maybe 30 seconds of pushing a button. I frequently pull off the road and open both truck doors and stand next to the truck to pee. We have never stopped and fixed a lunch on the side of the road or rest area.
But the major advantage of the TC is I am not worrying about Chinese tires and Chinese bearings carrying a heavy trailer down the road.
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