New Winter Time Toy

[WYTige?]

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=bwPRFKcG-AA

That is a good buddy of mine. Been in that trailer, quite the guy!!

[dmaxx04]

First off, that's a sweet trailer. I wanted one when I bought my RZR but was having a hard time finding one that fit it height wise in my price range. I bought a 20' enclosed trailer and finished it up a little bit. Anyways, nice rig. We go out to Dumont once or twice a year.

Secondly, I have talked to you about this before, a 6.0 is not a real diesel!!! Obviously you know what I drive so I might be a tad biased. I had to give you crap about it. Hope you enjoy your new toy!!

[boonecragun]

That thing is big enough to almost fit your 24ve inside of it.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=bwPRFKcG-AA

[Germaine Marine]

Im waiting on you Brad...

[Thegerman618]

Glamis is in the plans just need the weather to cooperate. Looking a RZR Xp1000 4 seater but with the trailer and go surf assist purchase I need to watching the funds department for while.

I will get those videos to you when I get to my laptop. Will definitely give you a call when we do a trip.

[toohers5]

Congrates on the toy hauler, if you are ever interested in going to glamis give me a call, have you cked out the new can am x3(waiting for the 4 seater). btw I never got the night surfin videos.

[Thegerman618]

I hear 6 cylinders ware out in 15K miles unless you are a flatlander

I don't push it hard at all if the truck is still going forward up the hills then I am happy not trying to set land speed records up hills with it, I could imagine that yes absolutely you could blow this motor if you pushed to hard with close to max weight. That being said, wouldn't matter what truck or what motor if you push them hard they will all blow eventually.

[Thegerman618]

The ecoboost has impressed the hell out of me over the years. Don't get me wrong she has seen her time in the shop for little things but nothing major. I have noticed though at least with mine that the intercooler cant keep up in high boost/low RPM scenarios. When I climb hills I have to keep the RPMS up to keep the water pump spinning nice and fast otherwise it will start to get hot when towing the toy hauler. However towing the boat, it don't matter the hill the outside air temp it just chugs up the hills as fast or as slow as I want.

However, I am smart enough to know and understand that towing a big a$$ 32' toy hauler weighting just shy of 11K lbs. down the highway with an F150 is not the most ideal vehicle. But $67K for a new F350 is just crazy to me.

[dukesofhazzard]

Not if they are in a straight line with a big "C" on top. haha
that being said it does blow me away when I am going up some steep grades and a see an ecoboost yanking a big trailer up the hill at a good clip.

[chpthril]

F150 EcoBoost (V6)

I hear 6 cylinders ware out in 15K miles unless you are a flatlander

[Thegerman618]

Towed very well considering it's an F150, I can speak to both sides as a previous diesel owner myself.

To give you an idea this trailer is 9660lbs Dry, and has a GVWR of 13500lbs.
My truck is 13' F150 EcoBoost (V6) w/heavy tow package, air bags, and a top notch weight distribution hitch. Ford claims you can tow 12500lbs or 17100lbs GVCW with this truck in its current configuration. That being said I would never run it with that much weight. I pulled it up some 6% short grades and some long 4% grades all in all 55-60mph up the hills and had the HP to accelerate if I wanted. Where things get tricky is windy areas and getting passed or passing semi trucks, the trailer weighs significantly more than the truck does.

So to answer your question....go diesel if you want to tow anything over 28ft unless you are willing to carefully plan your trips around weather and wind. I will upgrade to a diesel again soon but for now local trips with some quads and no water till we get really close to where we are camping it will be fine.

[BurnMac42]

Noice!

How's that truck do towing it? Any highwind situations? Not trying to get into any kind of gas vs diesel just genuinely curious because my parents are thinking about getting a rig like that soon and can't decide between gas and diesel....

[Thegerman618]

Nice rig, but you should have bought my WW FSC32!

I wanted a WW but couldn't convince Jenn to buy one.

[Thegerman618]

The boat is still a year round toy now that I have a dry suit. The trailer is so we can do some local trips with the bikes and quads...next up is RZR but might have to wait a few months on that one.

[Thegerman618]

nice lookin setup ya got. is that the house in cali or the desert? reminds me of lake havasu area or near my uncles place in mohave valley.

I bought the trailer in Lake Havasu, so this is back at the house in Bullhead before I towed in home back to Palmdale.