We just got back from ODW Gettysburg today. We had a great time all around, but Thursday night was a hoot. About 6pm a Ford 350 super duty, quad cab, single rear wheels, pulled into the CG. It was towing a NEW, first trip out, paper temp tag, 41 foot quad slide, triple axle toy hauler. The truck's rear end was quite low as you could imagine. Well as they came down our loop to try to fit into a site. Someone else on the loop (who didn't want his truck or rig hit) went over to let him know he couldn't fit in the spot that was next to me. That it would be too tight. The driver told him he was "sure he could"...well he couldn't. By now there were about a dozen of us watching the show. As he walked off to look for another spot I looked at his specs tag on the side of the rig, and was amazed when I saw a 18,000 dry weight on it. Besides the truck being only a F350, he was towing with a Reese 18K hitch. So I walked over to the driver and asked him if he realized he was a little short on truck and hitch for that much rig? "Oh no, we have plenty of truck here" his wife chimed in, before he could say something....With that we all shook our heads and had a chuckle as we went to continue our walks. Later afer he rode around some more he found a spot he could get into and set up. Of course most who had watched the opening act had to take a closer look. Oh yeah, no grease on the pin or hitch. And NO friction disc either. He trailered it dry and you could see the bad scrapes on top of the plate. (he had just picked it up at Grumbines in Harrisburg only 40 miles away) Once again, another idiot with more money then brains. And one who believed what the dealer told him. I can only hope that when he has a failure of some kind on the road. No one else gets hurt from his stupidity.
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Quote:Once again, another idiot with more money then brains. And one who believed what the dealer told him.
Did it occur to you that he MAY be using the combo that a DEALER recommended and DID tell him was okay? Maybe he'd have done better if one of the dozen had tried to help rather than just watch for amusement. What am I missing here? I don't see the humor!
Frank
I have never seen a trailer with a "spec tag" that states dry weight. And I have looked at most of them out there. 18000lbs was the GVWR of that trailer as 90% of the big toy haulers are. Depending on the year of the truck he probably had enough for it. Pin weight was probably heavy, but some airbags could handle that.
I got the impression from reading the post, that help was offered, but refused. Someone went over to say that the spot was too small and someone went over to discuss the weight and were told we know what we are doing. You can not make someone take advice/help.
Jim & Junnie
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I don't thing we should be so hard on Agrnbrt, although I agree, it is more sad than funny that this fellow who just bought a unit too big for his little truck. If it was I, I would have gone over after they set up and tried to engage the fellow in dialogue over his marginal truck and hitch given the weight of the RV.
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