My new ATV hauling rig!

[BruteForce]

With that rig ,you must be big on the whole RV/camping lifestyle. I grew up RV'ing through the US and theres just something addicting about it.

I try to get out at least once/week. In my line of work, it's what I need to de-stress and remain sane.

Although I'm only 40, the wife and I already have plans to become full-time RV'ers after our kids have moved out (youngest is still only 11).

We've been just about everywhere so far, even driven up and stayed a week in Vancouver Island (BC) via a Ferry, down into Texas, and most of the western US.

[Kendo]

Wow, that's AWESOME!!! Too bad you're pulling it with a Ford.

You'll have to update us after the first trip and how well you do over some of the foothills and mountains. 14k is no joke, and once you get a couple of quads, fuel and water in that thing, it's gonna be H E A V Y.

[DAVE]

Brute.......Hows the truck doing....pulling...stoping????ride....fuel

[ontherks]

[quote="Kendo"]Wow, that's AWESOME!!! Too bad you're pulling it with a Ford.

Looks like a newer dodge to me.

Should pull that trailer just fine. Loaded truck and trailer mine was just shy of 28k lbs. Stock the 07 dodge would pull the hills about 5 mph faster than the 06 ford did.
Ford got about 5-6 mpg the dodge 6-7mpg. Braking was the same, 3 axles with brakes you could stop just fine.


Nice looking setup BTW Bruteforce

[BruteForce]

Wow, that's AWESOME!!! Too bad you're pulling it with a Ford.

You'll have to update us after the first trip and how well you do over some of the foothills and mountains. 14k is no joke, and once you get a couple of quads, fuel and water in that thing, it's gonna be H E A V Y.

Ford? Nope. Ram 3500 Mega Cab Dually.

GCVWR on our last trip was around 28k pounds with the trailer being 16k of that weight.

[BruteForce]

Brute.......Hows the truck doing....pulling...stoping????ride....fuel

First trip I loaded up the trailer as heavy as I could. Full tank of water (100 gal), full tank of Toy Fuel (30 gal, I think), 3 x ATV's, and all our gear.

Got 8-9mpg, but never dropped slower than the posted speed limit, even on big climbs.

Brakes and P3 brake controller did very well. I was surprised how much braking the Jake Brake and Tow/Haul mode offer. Hardly had to use the brakes as the engine (Jake) brake and Tow/Haul (transmission) did most of the stopping.