Hendrix wrote: Problem with RV'ing...too many options and hard to know what you like and dislike until you try out all options ...but then you're broke and too old to even care what you are in.
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We are being the philosopher now, aren't we? Nothing like experience to settle your paradigm. 8<)
Here is another vote for The Reese Titan V. I use a 20 inch extension when I have pulled my 7000 pound car trailer (with Jeep and spare parts) even over rough ground. Once, during a move of my son and family, we had that trailer WAY overloaded and drove 150 miles on the interstate to get to the new digs. The camper was on the truck at the time and it was loaded to the gills with the family's wardrobe, spread in a neat pile on the queen bed. And then all the house plants worked our way to the back door. It was a white knuckle ride on a hot day expecting some overloaded tire to blow at any moment. Here is the extension with a small trailer with a pintel. The face of the hitch just clears the back of the camper:
and this one with a poor shot of the 20 inch hitch extension but one of the load:
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We are being the philosopher now, aren't we? Nothing like experience to settle your paradigm. 8<)
Here is another vote for The Reese Titan V. I use a 20 inch extension when I have pulled my 7000 pound car trailer (with Jeep and spare parts) even over rough ground. Once, during a move of my son and family, we had that trailer WAY overloaded and drove 150 miles on the interstate to get to the new digs. The camper was on the truck at the time and it was loaded to the gills with the family's wardrobe, spread in a neat pile on the queen bed. And then all the house plants worked our way to the back door. It was a white knuckle ride on a hot day expecting some overloaded tire to blow at any moment. Here is the extension with a small trailer with a pintel. The face of the hitch just clears the back of the camper:
and this one with a poor shot of the 20 inch hitch extension but one of the load:
Bedlam wrote:Phil Hendrix wrote:
Honestly if I had even the slightest intentions of towing any significant weight at all, it would be a no-brainer decision for me ...I would get the superhitch and not look back. But seeing that I don't even know if I will muster the guts to tow anything behind the already very large and heavy TC I will wait on spending the money for a hitch I might not use.
There are light duty less expensive options available for you if you don't plan to change how much you will tow. If you do end up upgrading to the SuperHitch later, your replacement cost will be for the receiver, rear tie downs and extension. It is overkill for your current application, but it opens up more possibilities later without having to buy equipment again.
Bedlam...Thanks so much, your counsel is spot on, and if I thought I would ever want to tow much weight I would do exactly as you suggest and spend the additional money up front and be set up for life. But I really can't see us ever wanting to go heavier. I actually didn't want a TC as large as I did get, but when I found it I couldn't turn the price down. We do have a 40' 5th wheel that works when we want more space...I wanted the TC specifically for being smaller 🙂 and being able to drive and travel more like a travel van.
We started our RV life with a 45' class A ...wonderful but just too costly and too many times it was too big for us. Then went to the 5th wheel we currently have....great for sitting still at a camper ground. So then we purchased a Sprinter cargo van that I converted into a class B...that was great for travel purposes but it was unused too much so I sold it. Seeing I had the dually truck for work purposes I figured why not try a TC. We are hoping this works to compliment the large 5th wheel.
Problem with RV'ing...too many options and hard to know what you like and dislike until you try out all options 🙂 ...but then you're broke and too old to even care what you are in.
Phil Hendrix wrote:
Honestly if I had even the slightest intentions of towing any significant weight at all, it would be a no-brainer decision for me ...I would get the superhitch and not look back. But seeing that I don't even know if I will muster the guts to tow anything behind the already very large and heavy TC I will wait on spending the money for a hitch I might not use.
There are light duty less expensive options available for you if you don't plan to change how much you will tow. If you do end up upgrading to the SuperHitch later, your replacement cost will be for the receiver, rear tie downs and extension. It is overkill for your current application, but it opens up more possibilities later without having to buy equipment again.
