2WD vs 4WD tow vehicle
DW and I are considering purchasing a fifth wheel and a tow vehicle. The trailer would be in the 30-33 ft range. The theoretical tow vehicle would be a fairly new (less than four model years old) F-3...
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fj12ryder:
good grief, you may be correct there. And completely unintentional on my part.
My whole post was meant to say that I've had trouble free components, so don't be scared off by this talk of absolutely having to repair things.
As rhagfo said, today's systems are less prone to trouble, and I do think my (knock on wood :B) so far trouble free experience attests to
that.
I used to store my fifth wheel for the winter at our farm, about 150 miles from where I lived in North Dakota, back when still residing there.
We had a large machinery storage quonset building which was perfect for my fiver in the winter.
Anyway, took off towing the rig one late October afternoon. About half way there, started heavy snow, and it was the wet stuff, really sticking to the roads.
Threw the truck into 4WD and continued driving down the road, trouble free, although by the time I got to the farm, there was a good six inches of snow on the roads. Wet, heavy stuff, so I did slow down quite a bit.
But once again, an example of NEEDING 4WD when towing.
good grief, you may be correct there. And completely unintentional on my part.
My whole post was meant to say that I've had trouble free components, so don't be scared off by this talk of absolutely having to repair things.
As rhagfo said, today's systems are less prone to trouble, and I do think my (knock on wood :B) so far trouble free experience attests to
that.
I used to store my fifth wheel for the winter at our farm, about 150 miles from where I lived in North Dakota, back when still residing there.
We had a large machinery storage quonset building which was perfect for my fiver in the winter.
Anyway, took off towing the rig one late October afternoon. About half way there, started heavy snow, and it was the wet stuff, really sticking to the roads.
Threw the truck into 4WD and continued driving down the road, trouble free, although by the time I got to the farm, there was a good six inches of snow on the roads. Wet, heavy stuff, so I did slow down quite a bit.
But once again, an example of NEEDING 4WD when towing.
