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Old 04-24-2011, 09:42 PM   #8
Stripit
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I've been to 3 National Heartland rallies as the weigh guy weighing a lot of their units. They are nowhere near as heavy as the Mobile Suite trailers and many of the owners are towing with single rear wheel trucks. Most all the trucks are over one of the various numbers, either axle rating, tire rating or GVWR, or a combination of one of these numbers. Does not make it right, but thats what they are doing. The trailers look nice, but if you look deeper you see many differences in construction between a high end and mid range trailers. Quality weighs and since your starting out, you might want to think about used, trailer and tow vehicle. Buying a complete set from a person that was full time, or part time traveling should get you a 'already set up' and should have all the 'bugs' fixed. That was how we started and found it was the best way for us to get our feet wet and decide exactly what we needed to fit our living style. Sometimes things that look good in the dealers showroom, in real life just either don't work, or are not set up for full time living. I bought a big enough used truck that no matter what trailer we ended up with I could safely pull it, and more importantly, stop it. Welcome to the site and hope others chime in and give you their prospective.
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