Thanks for tall the responses folks. tragusa3 I appreciate your feedback. Nice to have someone with firsthand info on how the setup will work.
It seems everyone works for my sales guy and wants me to spend more money on a bigger trailer ;-) I did poke around our dealer inventory and nothing comes back that fits the bill. We are sticking with the 18BH. There are some limitations but I am confident we will be ok. Long term plan this trailer will only be ours for 2 years then we sell it.
Side note on all of this. I also have a 35' prowler trailer that is permanent on a site. We understand trailer life to some extent, its the travelling part that's new. We also have done some boat trips in my 18' bowrider. Try sleeping out of a boat for a week with 2 kids, 2 adults and a large dog travelling the trent severn lift locks. We know how to live cramped :-)
Many thanks folks,
Mike
tragusa3 wrote:
I towed 4.5k pounds f(15BH) for 6k miles last summer with the same truck. It was completely effortless, even climbing around in the Rockies. The power was there to jump out in the passing lanes if I had chosen (I didn't). The truck led to us upgrading trailers over this winter. I'm now towing 5.5k dry, 7.5k loaded. The truck does downshift once in awhile now, but still feels very strong and well within comfort.
I did not use WDH with the old trailer. There was never a moment of sway. I do use it with the new trailer.
