A little help from the PU crowd please
After 8 great years and 210K miles its time to retire the 2003 Yukon XL 8.1/4:10. I just acquired a 38' bumper tow that weighs about 9500 empty, with a hitch weight of they say 1100 lbs, but it feels ...
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dfm wrote:ford up wrote:
Thanks. I’m just trying to rap my head around DEF fluid and there doesn’t seem to be anything cheap about it!
You will burn far more gas than you will use diesel and def.
1100 pounds hitch weight seems a tad light for that trailer, Assuming that is dry weight. I am 1300 dry.
We are full-timers pulling a 14K fifth wheel with a diesel. I spend about $12 - yes that's twelve - dollars every three or four months on DEF. It's a non-issue. A TT that weighs 9,500 lbs. loaded will be at least 11,000 lbs loaded with a tongue weight of 1,100 lbs or more. You will never regret a diesel dual rear wheel.
Rob
