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[ndflatlander]

9 times out of ten when our camper is on the pickup. there is a trailer behind it.

 

Either a 2 horse trailer or my drift boat.

 

 

 

 

 

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[Dphillip]

I thought I'd revive this post and show off our new car trailer. We were having swaying issues with our car dolly when towing the Jeep. Pulling the Jeep's driveshaft every time was also a hassle, so we stepped up to an Aluma 14 ft. car trailer. It weighs 1100 pounds and tows like a dream. Jeep and trailer together are under 5000 pounds putting me well under my gross combination weight for payload and towing. Except for the high elevation mountains of Colorado the truck does a nice of scooting down the road. This is coming back from the Jeep Safari in Moab UT last month.

[Wallowa]

I thought I'd revive this post and show off our new car trailer. We were having swaying issues with our car dolly when towing the Jeep. Pulling the Jeep's driveshaft every time was also a hassle, so we stepped up to an Aluma 14 ft. car trailer. It weighs 1100 pounds and tows like a dream. Jeep and trailer together are under 5000 pounds putting me well under my gross combination weight for payload and towing. Except for the high elevation mountains of Colorado the truck does a nice of scooting down the road. This is coming back from the Jeep Safari in Moab UT last month.



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​Thanks for this...can you give specifics about your truck and what your truck/FWC combined weight is?

 

 

Appreciate the info..

 

Phil

[Dphillip]

My truck is a 2013 GMC Sierra 1500, regular cab 4X4, 5.3 V-8 and tow package. The gross vehicle weight rating is 6400 pounds with the truck alone weighing 5000 pounds. This give me a payload of 1400 pounds. I believe my truck has a slightly lower payload rating because of the 20 inch sport wheels and tires that came on the truck from the factory. Normally a regular cab truck has a 1800 pound payload capacity. It's odd that the wider tires would reduce payload capacity since my research tells me that a wider tire actually handles weight better than a narrow one. The max weight rating for the tires is well over what the fully loaded truck weighs. Our 2015 Hawk weighs 1100 pounds and adding the wife and I plus our gear bumps our GVW up to about 6500 pound only slightly over the max payload of 6400 pounds. I've added Firestone air bags to level the load that only require about 35 pounds of pressure to raise the truck back to the stock level.The truck is rated to tow 9,600 pounds with our Jeep and trailer at about 4,600 pounds. Our gross vehicle weigh fully loaded is 11,100 pounds and the trucks gross vehicle weight rating is 14,600 pounds.

Probably more information than anybody needs but I'm retired now with too much time on my hands.

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[Wallowa]

DPhillip,

 

Good information breakdown.  So often no info on combos in posts and difficult to evaluate relevance to what I own.  Off for a dirt ride, motorcycle, but will digest what you listed and perhaps chime in later with more questions....

 

Thanks again, and glad to see you spell "Phillip" correctly!

 

Phillip

[n2Jeepin]

I thought I'd revive this post and show off our new car trailer. We were having swaying issues with our car dolly when towing the Jeep. Pulling the Jeep's driveshaft every time was also a hassle, so we stepped up to an Aluma 14 ft. car trailer. It weighs 1100 pounds and tows like a dream. Jeep and trailer together are under 5000 pounds putting me well under my gross combination weight for payload and towing. Except for the high elevation mountains of Colorado the truck does a nice of scooting down the road. This is coming back from the Jeep Safari in Moab UT last month.
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Nice setup, I've been looking for a way to take my Jeep with me.

[XJINTX]

I used to tow Jeep on car hauler but was PIA to get trailer out of the way especially in dispersed sites. So now I flat tow if I'm going to basecamp and hit trails with jeep I don't want truck on. Jeeps flat tow fine with correct hook-up. I use ready brute tow bar with brakes.

 

As some have mentioned a long trips it's nice to have extra space so I tow a little Trekmate trailer.

 

If I want to paddle I tow a little trailer for two kayaks and a Canoe. It also has room for extra gear.

 

Trailers are only if / when I plan on base camping mostly.

 

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[Escapepod]

[quote name="Wandering Sagebrush" post="110508" timestamp="1420499062"]We have been known to pull a trailer, too.   Actually, I would like to find a Ruger or similar adventure trailer, but the Airstream (aka The Desert Tortoise) is a good base camp.

We're waiting to have our new Grandby installed on a 2018 F-350 gas V-8 longbed. We've enjoyed our 2006 19 ft. AS Safari/Bambi as a base camp, but I'm also interested in discovering our "range" for the FWC as a stand-alone rig. Whatever that range turns out to be, we'll tow the AS to boost it.