Recent content by al@absolute

i agree with Gary, having towed with a Rav4 V6 a fair bit it does get quite annoying to have to really ring the engine out to get up to speed and sometimes manage a constant speed in hilly sections of road. You'll work your machine alot harder then it feels like it was designed for and it will...

Dropped by the Dealer this morning and changed my order a bit before they placed it - EcoBoost + Max Trailer towing package. I felt like the 1960lbs of optional payload rating was the safe thing to do.

it opens up to the bunckhouse, the bunk can flip up and it gives a place to store bikes or other larger objects. Quite convenient.

it was pretty much maxed out, we packed quite carefully and thats about it. Still averaged 12-14mpg towing, went pretty far with it, but i'm looking forward to towing with a real truck now.

Old setup

The truck (web photo of identical combo)

another photo

another photo

well, 2011 is going to be a fun year for the family, we've just upgrade from our previous hybrid Cub C230 to a Dutchmen 295BHGS TT Bunkhouse (GVWR 7700lbs, 780 TW) and i've ordered a new TV - 2011 F150 FX4 Supercrew with the 5.0 and 3:73 gears along with the towing package. Its rated for 9300lbs...

you are correct, this one has the tv ont he swivel so you can watch it in the bedroom or the living room - fantastic setup. we are extremely happy to find a bunkhouse that does not have a UVW of at least 6700lbs / GVWR of 11000lbs+ like all the other ones we've seen out there. This particular...

i just got my Reese WD hitch setup with 1200lb bars and the Dual cam say control. Should made towing easier.

so we just pulled the trigger on our first new trailer this morning. with the wife being pregnant with our second child, i felt it was time to upgrade to something bigger. We got a 2011 Dutchmen 295BHGS - it can be comfortably pulled by a properly equipped 1/2 ton. GVWR is 7700lbs - UVW is...

sounds like the first trip out pretty much every year for us, however its the RV falling appart and not the truck!  :o

1st run of the year, alos the first trip we do with another couple (my parents). Had a great time even if the  weather was mediocre and my fathers furnace gave up the first night  ::) onto some pictures of the weekend: (i have the cub/light blue Rav4, father has the Spree/grey avalanche)...

our setup