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Re: best way to sell
Facebook Marketplace. We sold our travel trailer in April. We only had it listed for a week. First family that looked at bought it. They drove over 4 hours to look at it. He had a cashier's check all ready for me. Make sure to understand the market prices for your unit. Price it to sell, but don't give it away.1.1KViews0likes0CommentsRe: Vehicle "rise" while towing.
It specific to the truck. My old '08 Sierra 1500 said back to stock height. My current 2016 Silverado 1500 says half way between the 2 measurements. I was skeptical but it towed effortlessly and very stable. Just try it and drive it. If it doesn't feel right you may need to take it to a CAT scale.466Views0likes0CommentsRe: Do I need my WD bars just to move in the driveway?
Terryallan wrote: Grit dog wrote: Terryallan wrote: It would be unsafe on the highway, not to mention it would unload the front axle and cause sway with out the WDH. Where was I wrong? A WDH is absolutly needed for a TT with a tongue weight over 500lbs on a F150. Maybe it's not me that is ill informed. And in truth. I feel the same about your posts. The part of your old quote above about unloading the front axle and causing sway is the ill-informed part. Per the hitch rating, yes wdh is "required" (discounting the fact the hitch won't fail under significantly more than 500lbs, personal experience). Can't refute that if someone want's to "go by the numbers." Unload front axle? If ALL of the tongue weight, weight bearing, unloaded the front axle, it would take 200lbs or less off the front axle. Insignificant. But saying not using a wdh will cause sway is wholly false. Sway control on a wdh can/will control sway IF it happens. And that's your opinion. A WDH returns lost weight to the steering axle, and so it returns steering control, and prevents sway. A TT that has a properly setup WDH will not sway, even without sway control. Sway control is only for those emergency events when you induce sway by dodging a road hazard, or accident. Sway control is not needed in normal driving. However. A driver must take the time to setup the WDH properly. This is 100% correct. 200# off the front may not seem like much, but it can make a dramatic difference in steering control on a 1500/150 series truck. You know you have less steering control. I think there is validity to both viewpoints. Keep in mind that Grit Dog has a 2500 series. I have never owned or driven a 2500 or 3500, but they do have stiffer rear suspensions and 200# likely won't make that much difference on the front. In fact you probably will not even see the front end rise.589Views0likes0CommentsRe: Transmission cooler options
I'm wondering if you have an air flow issue. The factory cooler should work just fine. That trailer is well within the capability of the truck. I'm curious, is the grill shell the factory one, or is it an aftermarket replacement? Some aftermarket grills restrict air flow and cause transmission overheating. Or is there something else behind the grill? I had an aftermarket grill shell on my old '08 Sierra, it was on when I bought it. It always ran close to 200 towing, which didn't really bother me. Until towed on the bypass around Indy on a 98 degree day. It was running 215-230. I realised it was the grill, took it off for the rest of the trip and it never ran higher than 190, and that was in the mountains in TN. Most of the time it was at 170-180.217Views0likes0CommentsRe: 2020 chevy trail boss
Lots of really vague information in this thread, and no one knows how to look up towing capacity in the owners manual? Accurate numbers certainly aren't going to be found in generic lists on the Internet. Your owners manual has several pages listing all possible cab, gear, 4wd/2wd, engine, and trim configurations and their respective towing capacities. In my 2016 Silverado manual it starts on page 333. You'll need to know your gear ratio which you can find in your RPO code list. That's found in your glove box, it's a QR code for 2018 and newer (used to be a printed sticker).619Views0likes0CommentsRe: Running lights on cars
wing_zealot wrote: Just so you know there is no "Study"; All your link is someone referencing "Studies have shown" with nothing else but opinions based on zilch, nada, nothing. No study, no data, nothing by hypotheses. I agree the study should be cited. Sloppy journalism. That said, there is no study needed. It's common sense and we see the effects every day. It's about visibility. I don't need a study to recognize it's easier to see vehicles with their lights on during the day. Moreover, there is tons of verifiable data out there to support the effectiveness. Google is your friend.665Views0likes0CommentsRe: Running lights on cars
Gdetrailer wrote: As a privilege it requires not only your full time attention and adherence to the rules of the road but other drivers also.. No amount of lights hung on the front of a vehicle can replace lack of attention or lack of following the rules of the road. A spot on post. I learned how to drive before 3rd brake lights, before DRLs, before signals built into mirrors, as many on this forum also have. I was taught that anything that moves, anything at all, is a potential danger. I was also taught Zero trust. Those two things have served me well. This is like using a GPS. Great tool but one is foolish if that's all they rely on. All of the extra lights and safety equipment we have are great and helpful tools, but nothing replaces common sense and good old fashioned paying attention to what's going on in front of you. And if you can't see? Get off the road. You're an accident waiting to happen.396Views0likes0CommentsRe: Got mice try this
Keep brush and grass away from your trailer. Ours have been stored on a gravel pad next to our garage for nearly 30 years. No brush or tall grass, or anywhere for mice to hide from preditors. They don't like being out in the open. Never once had a mouse in any of our trailers. Our gargage gets mice all the time. They were even getting the wall of our house which is shared with the garage until I sealed up every crack I could find.561Views0likes0Comments
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