Travel Trailer Tow Vehicle
This is surly not the first post like this and probably not the last, but I am a newbie looking at purchasing a Rockwood mini lite 2304s dry wt. 5654, GVW 7660. I have never towed before. Finding th...
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donn0128 wrote:
The bighest problem with a 150 ecoboost is cost. You can actually buy a nicely equipped 250/2500 for the same money and have a truck that you can grow into and have better resale value down the road. A 2500 will also allow you to grow when you decide its time for more trailer.
Sure, if you are comparing a Platinum Eco F150 to say an XL F250 with the 6.2 gas engine...
I have to admit, I have not been on a dealers lot since 2014... Have no need for a new truck at this point in MY life... :)
But, when I bought my little F150 in 2014, I DID look at the F250's and they were a lot more $$ unless you were looking at an XL 6.2 reg cab F250....
I still have the first TT I bought back in 2002 and I know most folks get bigger and bigger rigs as their family grows.. I get that..
To the OP, in the end, you just need what you need today and without any past towing or RV experience, I can't say one way or the other what to tell you... Until you have towed overweight, or anything for that matter, you are going to learn just like I did when I was 16 years old and worked on a farm and towed more overweight stuff than I can remember.. I'm 55 now, so been doing this stuff for some time, but nothing like the experience of others on here, so we are are all in the same boat in the end..
Good luck!
Mitch
