cosway

You are in Alberta with a 150? Dude that is F350/450/650 country!

130428

haha, if i had $300k to spare i'd get myself a 6-door F-650 loaded to the nuts, trust me!!
the F150 is already overkill for my needs 80% of the time, but hey, i like it, so what do you do?...

ecobeest

I 100% understand what you are getting at no question. However, I'd rather at least people do some homework before 'latchin on and hauling'. Keep it safe and legal at least.

Then again I'm the guy that can't understand all the 'bling' and other things that people do to their trucks, lift kits and other things. Not my cup of tea, I drive a truck... Hell I rarely even wash it..

jtetterton

You're not sure who you're replying too? What does that mean? It's a damn shame, it seems 1 out of every 3 PC owners don't know how to use a simple forum for replying to others? They have no business owning such a fine PC. Sack up!

cosway

I'm in the same boat man. So far all I did today was haul 2 girls to school, one weighs 65lbs the other 70lbs

then went to my warehouse and tossed in 2 boxes 10 LBS each.

NOW on the topic of towing. When I bought my 4100LB camper I knew dick-all about towing and the dealer hooked me up and wished me good luck on highway 401 which by the way is the busiest highway in North America! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ontario_Highway_401

I had done a little research on www.rv.net but that aint no driving school LOL. I just used common sense and kept asking dawife to check her mirror LOL

130428

i hated the 401 for the few days we spent in Ontario...
i'll have to hook up a U-Haul in a week or so, hopefully someone there can give me some pointers...
i'm not so much worried about the driving part of it, more about hooking up the trailer properly, using the TBC, etc... hell, i f i can deal with 1,500 lbs worth of gravel behind a 10-yr-old Rabbit diesel, i'm sure i can manage a small trailer behind my truck

cosway

OH YAH the hook-up is important. When I got home with my camper (80 miles) I did not have a clue on how to unhook it. That was 6 years ago now we just crack up at how stuipd we were on day one of camper/towing.

SkiSmuggs

When I picked up a new TT several years ago, I was smart enough to have ordered and installed an Equal-i-zer hitch to bring it home from the dealer. I had to install the brackets on the TT, guess at adjustments as I was on an uneven dirt lot, then pulled around to the pavement and asked the dealer people to check it out. They looked at it, said I had done a good job and sent me on my way. When I got home 35 miles later, I was horrified to see the Equalizer torsion bars sticking out sideways doing me no good at all. I quickly spotted the problem: I had put the hold down brackets on backward, facing out so the bars just slid right over them when I made turns. I would have felt worse if the dealer folks hadn't missed it too.

cosway

My dealer hooked up my equal-i-zer but it was the first time he had seen one. When I took it to the shop that sold me the equal, sure enough the dealer did it wrong.

ecobeest

Most dealers haven't a clue how to properly adjust an equal-i-zer. The number of setups that I have seen and helped fix over the years is too many to count.