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Acei
Nov 29, 2015Explorer
I will be doing snow birding with this setup, so we will start in Ontario, then eventually end up in places such as Florida, Texas, Arizona and California. We will drive through Rockies since one of our main activities will be hiking. We will go to Alaska as well.
I'm looking to build a new TT fully custom built, around 25ft in floor plan which will end up like 27ft bumper to bumper. This will be a very heavy TT for that size though since it will not be anything like a normal TT - with big generator and full solar setup along with large battery capacity. Not sure what the weight of this trailer will end up, but I'm estimating at least 6k dry weight and with cargo, probably 8k minimum. Oh yes, I'm planning to add aux fuel tank in the pickup bed as well which eats further into pickup's payload room.
Given this, I think Ram 1500 is out due to their limited towing/payload capacity. I'm also thinking regular version of F150 might not be enough either, hence I'm looking at "HD" version only. But daily comfort is important hence only looking at comfortable suspension. Ram 2500 Diesel might be an option too, need to look at that in more detail.
I'm looking to build a new TT fully custom built, around 25ft in floor plan which will end up like 27ft bumper to bumper. This will be a very heavy TT for that size though since it will not be anything like a normal TT - with big generator and full solar setup along with large battery capacity. Not sure what the weight of this trailer will end up, but I'm estimating at least 6k dry weight and with cargo, probably 8k minimum. Oh yes, I'm planning to add aux fuel tank in the pickup bed as well which eats further into pickup's payload room.
Given this, I think Ram 1500 is out due to their limited towing/payload capacity. I'm also thinking regular version of F150 might not be enough either, hence I'm looking at "HD" version only. But daily comfort is important hence only looking at comfortable suspension. Ram 2500 Diesel might be an option too, need to look at that in more detail.
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