First Trip with Travel Trailer Complete!

[Jackpine]

Originally Posted by 88Racing

Don't look back!
You can still do the upgrade!
That's the one good plus about the air bag systems in my opinion too!
The onboard air compressor!

Lars

There's also the 120 volt compressors you can buy at places like Costco. I have one of those and took it on our recent trip into Colorado and Utah. I have a little quiet Honda 1000 Watt generator that powers it just fine and, of course, charges the batteries if we're "boondocking".

Glad your truck pulled the trailer, TXWolf! I was kind of thinking of you during our trip. I seem to recall our TFT being up in the 215 region a couple of times (long uphill climbs at 65 mph).

Be very careful about exceeding 65 mph with a trailer. Trailer tires are rated at 65 and if you drive faster than that, they can fail - it certainly shortens their life. I had a pair fail after about 5000 miles (chord separation). Same goes for pressure in those tires. Keep them at the recommended pressure, and check them before any day of towing.

- Jack

[TXWolf]

Well, I picked up a 10GAL air tank the other day. I'll take it with me the next time we go to the Coast (within a few weeks, I'm sure ). And thanks for the warning about the tires, Jack. I can definitely do 65MPH if it means possibly saving a life if a tire blows.

We're taking the trailer to a State Park tomorrow. It's in the Texas Hill Country, so I'll be taking it slow and easy. I hope to get the gears and larger tranny cooler after the first of the year. Or maybe those will be an early Christmas present to myself!

[TXWolf]

Well, we made it back from our trip to Pedernales Falls State Park with no problems at all! Heeding Jack's warning, I kept the speed between 55-65mph, and still made it to our camping spot with plenty of time to spare! LOL I still plan on getting the truck re-geared, along with a larger tranny cooler. Now that the wife and I have a couple of trips with the trailer under our belt, we'd like to use it more often.

I can't believe that I waited this long to get a travel trailer! It really came in handy when it rained all day Wednesday down here! LOL Sitting in a cool trailer and drinking a cold beer is a LOT better that trying to keep the water out of a tent while you're drinking a beer!

This was also my first stab at backing up the trailer into a camping spot ... and it was almost too easy! I was able to put the trailer EXACTLY where I wanted it ... which was with the back door of the trailer over a large rock that we used to get to the first step easier.



There is also something very, VERY wrong about hand-feeding an 8-point buck ... and wishing that you had your hunting knife with you! LOL

[JWBFX4]

Originally Posted by TXWolf

There is also something very, VERY wrong about hand-feeding an 8-point buck ... and wishing that you had your hunting knife with you! LOL

Something is definitely wrong with that picture. But definitely an experience.

[Jackpine]

Super picture TXWolf! I have one of Janet petting a doe down at the Research Station in the Chiricahuas. She had been an orphan (black tail) that was hand raised by them. She mated with a wild white-tail and now has a pretty well grown up fawn that lives there too.

Good you're having good times with your trailer! We enjoy ours too!

- Jack

[Longshot270]

Wow, I cant believe that deer is still there. Last time I was over there I almost caught him and one of the other bucks, and they were lucky, I had my diving knife still strapped to my leg.

Did the giant raccoons decorate your campsite with your trash? I also chased a few of them off in the middle of the night last time I was there. No one else in the group even moved.

[TXWolf]

No raccoon messes to clean up, because we kept all of the trash inside the trailer until it was time to put it in the dumpster! But they've made a mess before when we were there camping in tents.