Recent content by Burnrate

Great forum, great people! I got lots of good advice last year and did end up buying a wonderful travel trailer in the summer (2019 273QBXL).  We got it in Texas in July and did 3 weekend trips with it.  Then in September we moved to Florida, stopping in Mississippi and North Florida, and ended...

I will happily share the name: Giant Recreation World - Palm Bay Once I get my RV back on Monday I will be posting reviews online.  Thank you for the link there. The cooking sounds like a good plan since I am in Florida :D

Went to finally pickup my RV from it's warranty service today. I was walking through it before someone came out and saw 3 german cockroaches, lots of bug mess around too.  I killed one and brought it in to show them.  They said they are going to bug bomb it today and wipe it down on Monday.  I...

Thanks! We do have integrated brakes :) We also have some plates to put under the jacks on our amazon list :).  Some rubber gloves are an excellent idea!  Didn't even think about that.  Probably wouldn't have until after I learned a lesson the hard way.

I have read bunches of library links and other things.  Just looking for an extra pair of eyes before I get a hitch! My new trailer is a Forest River 273QBXL with a 700 lb tongue weight and GVWR of 7700.  I'll be pulling with a F150 (all the payload and weights are within range with some wiggle...

I, had completely forgot this!  :-[ :-[ :-[ Luckily it won't break the bank for a trailer :). On another note, the place I'm buying from does a 3 hour pickup with all hookups to test and teach after they complete there own full day PDI.  That does give me a warm fuzzy.  I'm still going to be...

(all numbers in lbs) The trailer has a GVWR of 7,680 with a hitch weight of 702 (carrying capacity of 1,724). The GVWR of the truck is 7,100 and the payload capacity is 1,366.  The conventional towing maximum loaded trailer weight is 8500 with a GCWR of 14,000. My lists of stuff has given me...

Thank you!  Totally missed the library.  :-[ Thank you :).  We have a 2013 F150 with towing capacity of 8500.  With the fully loaded trailer at about 7700 there is room for people in the truck and some safety margin. I was looking at an e2, round bar, 10k, with hitch ball.  I saw some in the...

It's finally happened!  ;D We got an RV! We got a new travel trailer; a 2019 Forest River Wildwood X-Lite 273QBXL for a great deal. Now what do we need (aside from the hitch)? The dealer said we will need to buy sewer lines and power hookups and a water pressure regulator. What else would...

Thank you for the advice.  We have widened our search to see if something fits in the price range.  We are mostly looking for something a little shorter and lighter though, most of the ones we have looked at have been around 8000# unloaded and they seem to fit a 250 pretty well.  If we can get a...

That does make more sense :) I was just thinking of it in the frame of buying used.  There are so many options and it depends pretty much on the condition of the trailer and a couple of layout requirements.  A specific brand/year/model aren't super important.

This is getting super hard to find something good! I've decided to stick with a 2011 or later 250 because of the drastic differences in towing capacity.  We haven't bought an RV yet either so limiting ourselves so much would be a bad idea. That makes me think though.  A lot of people say buy...

Thank you for the info :)  it is a 5.4 though. The only thing that gives me pause is some damage around the shift lever.  The key reminder beep is stuck always on when the door is open but that's not a big deal.  I just don't know what this metal sticking out of the steering column is...

Have been looking around :) I think we are about to make a move on a 2005 F250 XLT with a towing package.  It only has 122k miles and some superficial damage to like the blinker light case on one mirror.  It has 4 types of tires including the spare so I'm going to buy a new set of tires. ...

The seller (a dealer) ended up having no mx records but could only guarantee me that it felt like new ... I'm going to check out a 2011 F-250 FX4 tomorrow from a private seller.  It's at a pretty good price.  I hope if has the higher axle ratio.