jman1972
Mattoon, Illinois
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Well here is my story im am a competition bbq cook and at my last contest in Sikeston Mo the wind was so bad it broke both my EZups so my told me that if i wanted her to continue to help me we were going to get a campernow i am a scout leader and love to tent camp so i have never really wanted to get one but we did and I am very happy we did. We purchased a 1998 Jayco Hawk Lite 24bh it had one owner and she was 85 years old she took great care of it and had all the maintenance done to it, we took it out last weekend for 1 night and everything worked great and we had no problems we only paid 6500.00 for the camper so we couldnt be more happier with that, I pull the trailer with a 2003 Jeep Liberty Limited edition with a 5000 pound hitch with weight distubution added and a brake controller, it does an outstanding job. We are really looking forward to a lot of camping
Jason Duhamell
Wife Rachel, 2 boys Nate and Seth
Smokey J's BBQ
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Cubmaster Pack 33 Mattoon, Illinois
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1998 Jayco Hawk Lite 24BH
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Happy Camper2003
Liberty, S.C.
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Welcome to the forums and congrats on the new addition. You'll find an answer to about any question here. BTW, I want to camp next to you...I love good BBQ
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4Kings
NE Missouri
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So Jason, how does that Liberty handle that trailer. Seems like you could be pushing it a bit.
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kraushad
Eastern Panhandle, WV
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What a coincidence !!! I am a competition BBQ EATER
I have never been to Illinois 
Congrats on the new rig - enjoy it!
Dirk
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Scrib
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Congratulations! Got family in Mattoon, myself.
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junmy3
Warner Robins GA
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kraushad wrote:What a coincidence !!! I am a competition BBQ EATER
I have never been to Illinois
Congrats on the new rig - enjoy it!
I'm not a competition BBQ eater, I am just an amateur.
Congratulations on your new to you TT. While tent camping can be a lot of fun a TT is much more enjoyable when the weather is bad.
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borderdogs
barrie ontario canada
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We just bought a 2008 jayco 23b and will be towing it with a 2002 jeep liberty with prodogy brake controller and blue ox weight distrbution. its good to hear the jeep is okay. one thing i will metion to you as i am a chrysler mechanic at a dealership it would be in your best interest to change diff fluids front and raer to synthetic unless you already have. have fun camping
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gaymeadowsman
Montgomery, Alabama
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Congrats on your new to you camper. that's the best way to decide if Rving is right for you.
If you ever make your way down to Bama, let us know I got lots of plate and napkins!
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jman1972
Mattoon, Illinois
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The Jeep does just fine towing, it has a rated towing capacity pf 3500 pounds on the hitch and 5000 with weight dist. which ai have installed the camper itself is a light weight it only weighs 3600 dry weight and 4700 fully loaded which i do not plan to do so there are no problems, I can say it was really windy my last tow and i thnk i will probably get sway bars to help cause there was a little movement not much but some, as for power I pulled it on the interstate at 65 and was only turning 2500 rpm so the jeeo has plenty of power.
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JConatser
Smyrna, Tennessee, USA
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I'd recommend to immediately get some kind of sway control.
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