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  1. Ask to see a picture of the yellow sticker. Many large class C's have seriously limited CCC's.
  2. Been gone for a while. Had a class A for 5 years. Now looking at going back to a fiver. Wife likes the layouts on the VanLeighs..... Anyone have any experience with these? Based on price they do not appear to be high end. But, their previous affiliation with Tiffin inspires (deservedly so or not) confidence. Thor ate them up in 2020 so a 2019 would be young and affordable enough. Comments? Thanks.
  3. Yes, pointy boats are MUCH more forgiving than "barn doors"......
  4. With all due respect, this does nothing in the greater scheme being discussed here. GVWR's, tongue weights, load leveling hitches yes. A few pounds of air, no, certainly not to address "wiggle".
  5. Welcome. First off, in your owners manual find the max allowable weight for the trailer. If your at 80% or so of that you're in a good place to start. Secondly, which cab configuration is your P/U? What I'm after is the wheel base difference if any. A Tahoe is pretty short. And short is not your friend in the tail wagging the dog game. The shorter the less stable. The engine should be OK, the 6 speed is a big help. Do you have a tranny temp readout on your Drive Info Center? So, assuming you're well within weight limits for the Tahoe I would make sure the trailer is a light as possible. Waste tanks empty, enough water for enroute needs and easy on the stuff. Yes, use a load leveling hitch. And, make sure your tongue weight is at about 12% of trailer weight. You can determine tongue weight by going to a scale and with the trailer hitched weigh the tow vehicle. (trailer axles NOT on the scale) Now dump the trailer and weigh the tow vehicle again. The difference is your tongue weight. Move stuff around the trailer if necessary. If you keep it lean and mean and keep an eye on the temps it should work. Lastly, if the truck seems to be working too hard, plan your most mountainous sections in a time other than the mid day heat. 20ยบ makes a big difference.
  6. I'm torn. On the one hand the automatics make it easy and you sound just as good. On the other hand I do like working a stick, and although my non syncronized experince is limited I'm sure it would fit like a glove in not too many miles..... And the chance of someone else ever driving it is very very low. Yes, there are a lot more choices out there if you'll take either. Since we're not full time and I have a height limit on covered parking at my S&B I'm thinking mid roof. Want to keep it short too. (No smart or bike, plus my fiver is a toy hauler...) So a 430, short singled. I DO want a 2.5 rear...... Which brings me to a question. How involved/costly is it to change the ratio? Swap out a whole axle or open up the pumpkin?
  7. I want to add my $0.03 here. First off, Jack has been playing this game for a long time and knows it well. I take what he says seriously. I am a pretty serious wrencher myself. I have a lift in my shop, and a respectable collection of tools. If I can't do it in my shop I have friends with even bigger shops and bigger tools. So, with that in mind I sat through the videos on Gregg's site that show the singling of the rear end. This is not for the faint of heart. The shop it was done in had fat air hoses, heavy duty pneumatic tools, and STILL had to get the "gas axe" (large acetylene cutting torch) out for a lot of the fasteners involved. The truck's rear end is heavy, you need a SERIOUS scissor jack. The axles are heavy, they use a forklift to pick them up. They have a grease pit to get under the thing. The ETSr hitch weighs 750 pounds.....And so on, and so forth. With all these heavy duty tools two guys are spending quite a few hours doing the job. Can it be done in the driveway? Yes. I have a 25 horse tractor that will pick up 750 pounds. Or, an engine hoist can be bought/rented. Harbor Freight is 20 minutes away...If you're a decent fabricator and have a good welder (I do) you can build the bed....... but it is a serious project. If you are considering this, I would highly recommend watching these videos..... Start either on the video page of www.rvhauler.ca (scroll waaaay down) or here:
  8. Just noticed this post. Are you still here? Do you have any photographs of your conversion? Thanks!
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