Pushing the limits on tow vehicles
On my way to go camping in Hagerstown md , I was going up one of the small mountains pulling my camper and in the slow lane was a Ford expedition pulling the same model I have. A sunsetcreek 30 ft 10 ...
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First off, Hello All! I am new here and this is my first post.
Second, I found to be pretty scary after spending the past couple of months shopping for our first travel trailer. All the dealerships we went to told us that our truck could pretty much tow anything we wanted to buy. Fortunately, both my wife's and my military backgrounds kicked in when too many things were sounding too good to be true and started really researching things. A good 3/4 of the trailers we had been looking at were over, some VERY over, the towing capacity of our truck. We ended up purchasing a very nice smaller trailer that is well under our limits and we feel it will still service really well. Bottom line, don't let the excitement of the purchase or the salesmen talk you into something you may not be able to handle. Do your own research.
KiowaTomcat
Second, I found to be pretty scary after spending the past couple of months shopping for our first travel trailer. All the dealerships we went to told us that our truck could pretty much tow anything we wanted to buy. Fortunately, both my wife's and my military backgrounds kicked in when too many things were sounding too good to be true and started really researching things. A good 3/4 of the trailers we had been looking at were over, some VERY over, the towing capacity of our truck. We ended up purchasing a very nice smaller trailer that is well under our limits and we feel it will still service really well. Bottom line, don't let the excitement of the purchase or the salesmen talk you into something you may not be able to handle. Do your own research.
KiowaTomcat
