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Thu, July 2nd, 2009, 03:21 PM
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This travel trailer is getting more expensive by the minute ...
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Thu, July 2nd, 2009, 03:43 PM
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Just wait untill you hit the road and realize you forgot things. Than it gets more and mroe expensive! In the end as long as everybody is having a good time than that is all that matters. After all it is only money.
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Fri, July 3rd, 2009, 07:13 AM
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Fri, July 3rd, 2009, 05:18 PM
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Exactly and a $200-300 bill lol. Happens all the time to me.
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Mon, July 6th, 2009, 12:48 PM
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I tow a 21' Toy Hauler that weighs 6700# dry, 8800 when I roll out of my driveway with full fluids, toys, etc. With 35" tires, I strongly, strongly recommend getting 4.56 gears. This is usually what it will take to give you your stock final drive ratio back, maybe a little lower which will give you extra torque. I have 35" Coopers on my 07 f150 screw with the 5.4 (efans, exhaust, edge, super springs, CAI), and I can tell you your trailer will work HARD pulling something over 7k up a grade with 3.73s on 35s (I did it once before I got my gears swapped). My trans hit 230* on my way back from pismo beach this last spring, you really will need the extra torque from lower gear. Also, take your truck to a scale, my "dry weight" was supposed to be 6100#, but even with NOTHING in it, it weighed 6700#s on the scale. dry weighs are usually about 10% more than they list. your truck will handle it, but you might have some white-knuckle moments towing that large of a trailer behind a light-duty truck.
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Mon, July 6th, 2009, 01:35 PM
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I am REALLY starting the regret this latest buying decision.
 I haven't picked it up from the RV dealer yet, and I'm wondering if I really want to now. We've already spent $300 on items that we'll need for our first camping trip next month, and now I have to try to explain to the wife why I need to get the truck regeared. I can just see her reaction now ...  LOL
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Mon, July 6th, 2009, 02:22 PM
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Did anyone ever ask you what kind of truck you were going to pull the camper with?
Is it to late to cancel the deal and go for smaller size?(To save face with them) If you haven't picked it up yet you must not did all the paperwork? That's the way it works in our state, but you may have to pay a prep fee. Lars
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