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Re: 2005 Chevy Silverado 1500, 4.8 liter V8
Welp then I’d take er for a ride now and see how it works so you know whether to invoke the landlord haul option (weird) or at a minimum you know what you’re up against in real life not advice from folks who know it’s significantly overloading your truck and frankly some of which are paranoid by-the-book towing anyways. You know it’s a sketchy idea. You knew that before or wouldn’t have asked. Go see how it works. And sell a video game system for a trailer hitch. way too many variables in your scenario.22Views1like2CommentsRe: 2005 Chevy Silverado 1500, 4.8 liter V8
Sorry to hear that. Personally the travel trailer idea is a poor idea based on your previous posts. But yes your truck will haul that camper on the bumper if you take it really easy. Is it advisable? Nope is it safe? Not really but people have done dumber stuff. Will it break the truck? Not likely unless it’s already ready to blow up or fall apart. Will the bumper hold? That’s a solid maybe. Depends on what you encounter. I’ve towed 10s of 1000s of miles and hundreds of different trailers. couple weeks ago was the first time I’ve ripped a trailer tongue off the stinger. Hit a bad bump the wrong way on a forest road doing about 6mph and bam. But the strength of the bumper is only half your problem. Since you have no idea how heavy the tongue weight is and I have no idea how clapped out your truck suspension is, it may just bury your suspension on the bump stops. Which is a host of other concerns. Back to the task at hand, go very slow and say a prayer and there’s a 69% chance it’ll be fine. Once anyway. But based on what you’ve divulged so far, being motorhomless requires moving frequently. So take your lessons learned from the first move and apply them forward. And no, there’s no straps or things of the like that will help the bumper.7Views1like0CommentsRe: Chassis batteries not charging
Sorry to hear of your situation. So what he said above. Seems like you’re confusing house batteries with start batteries. As the start batteries wouldn’t or shouldn’t be 6v deep cycle. Too high of loads when starting the bus. Right now not enough info, assuming neither set of batteries is charging and your simply running off shore power. Although the converter has to be putting out decent amps if the house batteries are also dead (4.7 is basically dead) and you can use all the 12v stuff like lights.36Views0likes3CommentsRe: Freeze Dried Foods for RV Travel
Great hobby, albeit a bit backwards. I always thought the whole idea of having a RV with fridge, freezer, lots of room for food storage was so you didn’t have to eat like you were on a backpacking trip. I guess maybe if you’re boondocking for long periods with no access to normal food it may make sense. Id have to guess the weight of “water” in the perishable food brought for a couple weeks for a couple people is negligible. Way more weight in bottled water, beer, pop, sports drinks and booze. Can freeze dry beer and it tastes like sht warm, so may as well put some food in the fridge too!20Views0likes1CommentRe: It's 2025 and I need Dually Tires!
Nice! About the only thing I occasionally use car dealers for aside from warranty work on my POS 2023 F150 company truck is oil changes and tires. if you catch a dealer using tires or oil changes as a loss leader to bring suckers, I mean customers, to upsell a bunch of overpriced services and chit, you can catch a good break on the promotional item.15Views0likes0CommentsRe: Truck Tailgate removal and storage
But you have an AF camper iirc. every AF I’ve seen is flat on the bottom, the rear overhang is at the same level. Just leave the tailgate on. I ran for years with the tailgate on. It doesn’t damage the tailgate nor the camper. Drove it to AK and didn’t even have rock chips in the paint. Only reason I removed it at all was the 2nd AF camper we bought, I built a shelf/rack for the generator which interfered with the tailgate.42Views0likes0Comments
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