Recent content by yepitsadam

Thank you so much! I?m learning that the RV manufacturing world is pretty unique.  :) I?m glad there are knowledgeable folks like you to help me figure it out!

Hey folks! It's been a while since I've been on here because our plans to buy our first TT got put on hold, but I'm putting the research part of my brain back in gear and hopefully we will be ready to buy a new or slightly used model in 2018. The model that I keep coming back to is the...

Well, it's been a while and we've learned a lot. We had a plan of selling my project truck (74 F100) and buying a camper with $3k-5k cash after Labor Day when people are wanting to get rid of them before winter, and then financing a tow vehicle before spring. After looking at a few campers in...

Hi Folks! It's been a while since I posted, but we are finally in the shopping for a trailer stage, and I was hoping for some advice on a potential buy. Going to look at a 2000 Keystone Springdale 260 ckls tomorrow and I wondered if anyone on here had any experience with this model or ones like...

Does anyone happen to know the gross weight of a 2007 Forest River Salem 25FP?

Thanks, keymastr! Just so I understand what you're saying... say the trailer gross weight is 7500#. That would make the max tongue weight 975#, and then a WD hitch would add 100#, making it 1075#.

It's not about safety, it's about the fact that taking a road trip with a toddler means you have to be able to reach everything you own at a moment's notice.

My wife doesn't want to road trip with our toddler in a truck, or I wouldn't even be asking these questions. I've tried to talk her into lots of different truck cabs, but she ain't going for it. She wants an SUV, so that's why I'm trying to do my research and make this all work out for the best.

In case anybody is still reading this thread and cares, I'll put this on here so it might help someone else in the same scenario. As I'm continuing to research, I'm really leaning toward having a long wheelbase if I can convince the wifey. I would rather have it and not need it than need it and...

I had the day off today, so I did some test-driving. 05 Yukon Denali (short WB) - 6.0, AWD 06 Yukon XL - 5.3, 4wd 06 Escalade ESV - 6.0, AWD 06 Escalade (Short WB) - 6.0, 2wd 05 Navigator - 5.4, 4wd, 6sp What I learned: - The Escalade ESV is not my style. - The 6sp in the Navigator made...

My wife and I really like the Expeditions and strongly considered them, but all of my research keeps leading me to believe that they would have a much greater chance of catastrophic failure of some kind. No vehicle is perfect. They are all imperfect machines made by imperfect humans, so they all...

Thanks, Regval! In my research, I've seen people mention other GM auto transmissions that were available in the early 2000s in vehicles like the XL or the Denali. Would those vehicles have stronger transmissions that I should look for, or are you just saying that in regards to any transmission...

That makes total sense! Thanks, Lou!

Tom, just to make sure I understand what you're saying... Are you saying that the more "overhang" behind the rear axle of the tow vehicle, the easier it is to control the trailer when backing up? Growing up on a farm, I've moved a lot of different types of trailers with a lot of different types...

Thanks for the advice, fellas! I've told my wife I would like to test drive a Yukon XL, but it's no guarantee because it would be a daily driver for one of us (I wouldn't mind driving in the city as much as she would), we only have one kid, and would probably only be towing the trailer 2-3 times...