First Camping/Towing Trip
02-12-2019, 07:49 PM
#1
First Camping/Towing Trip
I've owned this truck for a few months and we finally got to go out and go camping. We drove from Southwest Missouri to the California coast (to visit family) before heading up to Yosemite.
I towed a small trailer from our stop in California to Yosemite and back (unloaded other than camping gear in the bed from Missouri to California. I had confidence that the truck would do just fine, and having towed the same trailer with a 2002 7.3L F250 and a 2013 3.5L Eco F150, I had a good basis for comparison. Well, the truck didn't just do okay, it did great. The roads up into Yosemite aren't for the weak, and this was the same week they got 7 feet of snow and had total closures due to the road.
The truck towed it great. The trailer is small; about 18ft and about 4000-5000lbs as towed. With the level kit the truck sat a little nose high and I had to adjust my headlights down, something I hadn't done since leveling the truck anyway. MPG was 11-15mpg hand calculated.
The suspension was a bit jolty with the trailer on. Something I noticed on my 2013 as well. Nothing alarming, just noticable.
Overall, a very productive trip.
(I also proposed and got a yes, so there is also that!)
I towed a small trailer from our stop in California to Yosemite and back (unloaded other than camping gear in the bed from Missouri to California. I had confidence that the truck would do just fine, and having towed the same trailer with a 2002 7.3L F250 and a 2013 3.5L Eco F150, I had a good basis for comparison. Well, the truck didn't just do okay, it did great. The roads up into Yosemite aren't for the weak, and this was the same week they got 7 feet of snow and had total closures due to the road.
The truck towed it great. The trailer is small; about 18ft and about 4000-5000lbs as towed. With the level kit the truck sat a little nose high and I had to adjust my headlights down, something I hadn't done since leveling the truck anyway. MPG was 11-15mpg hand calculated.
The suspension was a bit jolty with the trailer on. Something I noticed on my 2013 as well. Nothing alarming, just noticable.
Overall, a very productive trip.
(I also proposed and got a yes, so there is also that!)
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Old Grey Mule (02-17-2019)
02-12-2019, 07:55 PM
#2
Senior Member
Great pics!
Congrats. What motor and gears?
Congrats. What motor and gears?
02-12-2019, 07:58 PM
#3
DAMN!!!! Those are awesome pics brother. thanks for sharing ..ohh and the F one Fityy looks fantastic
02-12-2019, 08:20 PM
#4
Great pics
02-12-2019, 08:31 PM
#5
Nice pic's! Glad it handled well.
Too cold for me, lol
Too cold for me, lol
