Towing at Max
Brand new to camping and travel trailers, but not towing. Wife decided we are going to start camping... so you know what happened next. '07 Dodge Charger, and based on a unique configuration, wh...
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Long trip this weekend pulling the TT, about 250 miles each way.
Once clear of holiday traffic and on SMOOTHER roads, it towed like a dream. I did get a one finger salute... index finger of all things from one vehicle passenger. Not quite sure what the passenger was indicating, but they were also mimicking my shifting pattern? Bored maybe?
Braking was fine, controller did it's job.
No problem pulling during the stop and go traffic, with cooler temps, 2nd fan never came on.
One section of I-75 was awful as trailer was going one way, car going the other.
Where the car failed, drive home today was extremely gusty. I felt it, especially during the T'Storm. It quickly got my attention and I slowed to 55. No problems with trucks passing, but the State Police blowing by me in their expedition at an extremely high rate of speed moved the trailer a tad. If I had to guess, it was over 90.
I have several long trips planned, some on non holiday travel times, so we'll see how they go. We did go golfing and there was a fun twisty road to the golf course. It was fun playing on the twisties :) Can't do that with a SD :)
We did talk about the possibility of 2016 F150.
Best part of the whole trip... Woman merging on the freeway and matching my 65 mph set on the cruise control. I was watching her in the mirror, she tried to merge into the trailer and once realized it was there, started hitting her horn. Wife and I were both cracking up at that one.
Once clear of holiday traffic and on SMOOTHER roads, it towed like a dream. I did get a one finger salute... index finger of all things from one vehicle passenger. Not quite sure what the passenger was indicating, but they were also mimicking my shifting pattern? Bored maybe?
Braking was fine, controller did it's job.
No problem pulling during the stop and go traffic, with cooler temps, 2nd fan never came on.
One section of I-75 was awful as trailer was going one way, car going the other.
Where the car failed, drive home today was extremely gusty. I felt it, especially during the T'Storm. It quickly got my attention and I slowed to 55. No problems with trucks passing, but the State Police blowing by me in their expedition at an extremely high rate of speed moved the trailer a tad. If I had to guess, it was over 90.
I have several long trips planned, some on non holiday travel times, so we'll see how they go. We did go golfing and there was a fun twisty road to the golf course. It was fun playing on the twisties :) Can't do that with a SD :)
We did talk about the possibility of 2016 F150.
Best part of the whole trip... Woman merging on the freeway and matching my 65 mph set on the cruise control. I was watching her in the mirror, she tried to merge into the trailer and once realized it was there, started hitting her horn. Wife and I were both cracking up at that one.
