Towing 35' TT with Nissan Armada *pics*

rangerbait wrote:

rangerbait wrote:
it's a little too close for my comfort ultimately, especially with the family on board.

Thanks for the feedback, and yes, I really did just post this up to help others who might be as a similar decision point. I took the rig on the highway yesterday to weigh it (about 10 miles each way); the Armada handled it, but it certainly wasn't happy about it. The tongue weight was calculated by putting the truck on the scale while the trailer was hitched (w/WD hitch on, and trailer axles not on the scale), then the truck was weighed again without the trailer, but the hitch ball (stinger?) still in the receiver. I subtracted the unloaded number from the loaded number to determine how much weight was on the tongue.

Yes, all of the numbers were with the trailer completely dry and empty.

Long story short (too late already?), I'm trading the Armada in for a diesel F350 crew cab. My wife has a nice Honda minivan for her daily driver, and the crew cab will have enough passenger space to accommodate our 4 kids on road trips. It does mean that my 13 year old will have to sit between us, but we've been looking for an excuse to spend more time with her anyway :-) In the Armada, she was all the way back in the 3rd row, and in her own little world...time to kick it old school with less personal space, and *gasp* actual human conversation!