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RE: Do i need a 12v battery to tow my trailer to the campground?
Wonder how many people are towing trailers with dead batteries, and don't know it? Their E brakes won't work either.
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Terryallan
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05/17/12 08:51pm |
Travel Trailers
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RE: Did I Just Get A Bad One?
Did you turn on the booster, and tell the TV to hunt a signal???
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Terryallan
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05/17/12 08:48pm |
Beginning RVing
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RE: Tahoe vrs F150
I have had 3 5.4s with zero issues. With that being said there has been issues w spark plugs in the past and it is something that a potential buyer should be aware of I do believe it went past 02 to maybe 04 or 05. The 5.4 is bulletproof as someone said and a very good tow vehicle. Just like anything used do your homework. Look at F150forum.com there is endless info on a great truck. Good luck
It was supposed to be fixed before the new improved 04 5.4 came out.
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Terryallan
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05/17/12 08:12am |
Tow Vehicles
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RE: Tahoe vrs F150
Geez power down Ford boys. You expect to be heard when you look to bash GM. ..........On that subject, don't ya think every opinion is valid?
Again. there is a difference between fact, and opinion. It can be your opinion that Chevy is better than Ford. It can be an opinion thet Dodge is better.
But a factually correct statement is not an opinion. It's a fact.
And it is hard to power down a Ford. (opinion)
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Terryallan
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05/17/12 08:09am |
Tow Vehicles
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RE: Memorial day
Orchard Lake, near Saludia NC. and one of the other campers has a sat dish, to pick up the race.
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Terryallan
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05/16/12 08:29pm |
General RVing Issues
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RE: Tahoe vrs F150
Lol. I guess a guy that owns a 1997 F-250 extended cab 7.3 diesel is "anti-Ford".
We get tired of the spark plug argument that went away many years ago. If you maintain a Ford truck according to the recommended intervals it is a non issue. Having owned 2 flawless 5.4L motors gives me some real life experience. Owning a 7.3 does not make one a Ford gas engine expert or fan.
Voicing one's opinion does not make one a hater.
Sorry everyone's opinion isn't the same as yours.
IF the problem has been corrected. It's no longer an opinion, but fact. Often facts are used to correct opinions, or statements from people who don't know problems have been fixed.
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Terryallan
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05/16/12 07:44pm |
Tow Vehicles
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RE: How do you secure your breakaway cable to your hitch?
I don't connect it to the 'hitch' at all... ;)
I connect it to the bumper of my truck that is not connected to the hitch in any way.
The idea being that if the entire hitch fails, there goes your break away attachment point right along with the hitch!
My cable does not go thru the chains either... It's on it's own and does not drag. If your cable is too long, you can alter it to fit for your particular setup... How and when you want the break away brakes to come on is yet ANOTHER discussion that has 2 camps involved. There are those that want it to pull as soon as the trailer comes off the ball and there are those that don't want it to pull until after the trailer has completely left the rigs.. Chains and all... I prefer the later.. But that's not to say the other way is bad either... Just whatever you are comfortable with.. I hope I never have to test either theory! ;)
That's just what I do.. ;)
Mitch
What he said. I do as well.
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Terryallan
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05/16/12 07:34pm |
Travel Trailers
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RE: Ok so looking at 2 TTs
Went to look, and the reciever is WDH 990 tongue weight, and 9900LB trailer.
that's what the receiver alone, is rated for, no matter what vehicle it's put on.
doesn't mean the TV can tow that amount.
I know. That is the reciever used in 2004, as the max tow capacity for 150 so equiped was 9500. They just put the same one on all of them. My 150 is rated to 8000, as I stated in the OP. We questioned what the hitch was rated at for tongue weight
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Terryallan
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05/16/12 07:27pm |
Towing
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RE: Ok so looking at 2 TTs
Went to look at the heavier TT today. And I was wrong about what the yellow sticker said. It's out.
But found another to go against the lighter one.
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Terryallan
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05/16/12 12:23pm |
Towing
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RE: New Truck Break in period
I would. that 500 miles is for the trany seals. They need to seat before you tow, and put more pressure on them. Just go out and ride, Run up, and down the big road, Remembering NOT to use Cruise for the first 500 miles as well. Vari your speed. As in don't hold the same speed too long. that's for the motor.
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Terryallan
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05/16/12 09:03am |
Tow Vehicles
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RE: Ok so looking at 2 TTs
Went to look, and the reciever is WDH 990 tongue weight, and 9900LB trailer.
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Terryallan
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05/16/12 08:58am |
Towing
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RE: Ok so looking at 2 TTs
There is no way the tongue weight will reach 20%. 12% is much more likely. As long as you stay within the payload and receivers ratings I see no issue with it.
That's what I thought. but I'm still going to check out the Reciever. My 96 150 was 1000--10,000lbs. I'm thinkin the 04 is 950---9500lbs, or the max towing capacity of 150s for that year.
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Terryallan
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05/16/12 07:28am |
Towing
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RE: Expedition owners - questions on 2009 expy
Terry, having rented expy's on travel I would suggest that the tires are very 'splashy' on the expy with P rated. and as other have suggested the upgrade to LT gives them better perfromance. My 3/4 ton has LT tires and I know P rated tires would handle its weight??
Didn't say LTs wouldn't be better. Just that. They come with P's, because that is all that is needed to carry the vehicle.
As for the Splashy. The Continentals that came on many of them are indeed wiggly. Hhowever, I put Brigstone Duros on mine, and it was very stable empty, and towing. They took 44 PSI for max load.
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Terryallan
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05/16/12 06:38am |
Tow Vehicles
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RE: what if?
Prolly not. I'd be out of work, with a most of the rest of the country. Can't camp much on unemployment.
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Terryallan
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05/15/12 09:04pm |
Travel Trailers
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RE: truck tag
In Missouri, the thing that gripes me is I have to tag the truck for a pound value over the gross combined of the truck and trailer. But then I also have to tag the trailer. That's kind of like a "tax on a tax".
Here, the breakover points for light trucks are 6K lbs, 12K lbs, 18K lbs....and then something above that too....can't remember....I think it's like 22.5K
We have to tag the Tt, but it's a generic trailer tag. $11.00
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Terryallan
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05/15/12 09:01pm |
Towing
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RE: Ok so looking at 2 TTs
Really think it will be 20%? Reason I say that. As it sits, it is only 12%. I would have to load the front really heavy to get it to 20%. Don't know what I could load in front of the axles to get it to go 8% more. ? We really don't carry all that much stuff. My 6600lb (1100lb of stuff) estimate is really high for us. According to the scales. We only added 575lbs to the dry weight of the TT we now have.
I'm thinkin, I might be able to get it to 14%, as all that is in front of the axles is the bedroom, with not a lot of storage. Which still might be too much for the reciever. I'll have to look. It may only be rated to 950lbs. Seems I remember seeing 950lbs stamped on it., as that is 10% of the max towing capacity for a max tow 150 of that year. So it may not go as high as the 1275 you mentioned.
Also According to what I have read, and it may be wrong. The wide stance axles contribute to a lighter tongue weight, and but more stable towing. It's possible that the other more lighter TT will have a higher tongue weight than the more heavier one, as it just has regular axles.
might be wise to actually weigh the tongue before buying.
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Terryallan
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05/15/12 08:57pm |
Towing
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Ok so looking at 2 TTs
First. TV has a tow cap of 8000lbs configured as it is, With only minor changes, (wheels, and gear). It goes to 9500.
So here's where we are. One TT has a Yellow sticker weight of 4800lbs. So, loaded ready to camp, We are looking at around 59 to 6000 lbs, Or a couple hundred lb less than I'm towing now.(5000lb dry) Which BTW, the TV does not break a sweat doing.
The other TT come in at Yellow sticker of 5500. Which means, It will come in around 65 to 6600lb loaded ready to camp. Actually less, as much of the stuff we take out of the current TT won't go back into the new TT, as much of it we don't use, so no reason to carry it around.
What the TV carries. DW, Me, and 2 bikes, or a couple nights firewood. Never both at the same time.
So I'm relly thinkin. Is 5 or 600lbs really gonna make that much difference?
BTW. The heavier one has the Stable trac, wide stance axles.
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Terryallan
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05/15/12 05:49pm |
Towing
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RE: Expedition owners - questions on 2009 expy
They come with P series tires, Because that is all that is needed to carry the GVWR of the Expe. Would be foolish of Ford to put higher rated than necessary on any vehicle. After all the P tires are rated for 2271 lbs each, or 9000lbs +combined. Way more than the Expe will ever weigh. The tires only have to carry the Expe, not the trailer.
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Terryallan
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05/15/12 05:32pm |
Tow Vehicles
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RE: Expedition owners - questions on 2009 expy
Hi all,
Looking at a 2009 expy Eddie Bauer.
Question I have is on Towing package for this vehicle. Specifially, how can you tell on this one if it had the heavy towing option?
Has a small ( 2.5" x 10" or so) additonal cooler in front of Rad?? Truck has P rated tires, but they are replacements. Did OEM on this come with LT tires.
Rear Axle is 3.55, did tow package come with 3.73?
Any other clues.
AS WELL, any experience on this for a tow vehicle with 3.55 ratio? Towing a 23' TT dry 4200, loaded at around 5500 lb usually.
Thanks
A real clue is the reciever, If it has one, and a 7 pin, beside the 4 pin, It has the towing package. In addition to the small rad, there should be another for the powersterring as well.
As for the Rear gear. It really does not matter. they will put the tow package on any one of them.
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Terryallan
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05/15/12 12:39pm |
Tow Vehicles
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RE: truck tag
In NC. Private Camping Trailers are exempt from DOT weight laws. So I just buy a normal truck tag.
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Terryallan
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05/15/12 10:07am |
Towing
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