Tow Vehicle Overkill?
The TT I am picking up in April has a GWV of 6800 and UVW of 5830. So as if I didn't think I spent enough money on a new TT, the DW and I decided to look into buying a new (or new to us) pickup tru...
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PenMan wrote:
No such thing as tow vehicle overkill. I was having trouble pulling my 23 ft. hybrid in the NM mountains with a Ford half ton van (biggest V8 offered at the time). I bought a one ton Dodge diesel dually since I didn't know what I might want to move up to as far as a future trailer purchase. Now I'm very happy I did that.
To that point I know a guy that bought a twin screw Volvo class 8 with 300,000 miles on to pull his travel trailer. He figured that it still had more miles left in it than any new pickup would, cost less than a new pickup, gave about the same milage and he could haul a Smart car, 100 gallons of water and a Kipor diesel generator on the back for boondocking. I you want to go big you might as well go all the way!
