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โMay-17-2017 07:06 AM
roadjunkie wrote:
I recently bought a Gulfstream Ameri-Lite 21 that had a dry weight of 3215 pounds. My truck is an 05 GMC Sierra 1500, short bed, reg. cab, 5.3L with 4spd. auto, 3.23 gears and it pulled it but it was a miserable experience and horrible gas mileage. I would recommend more truck or less trailer. The manufacturer tow ratings are highly inflated.
โMay-17-2017 06:44 AM
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โMay-16-2017 02:05 PM
gac914 wrote:
Okay, people had asked me to post results after towing. We had a "shakedown" run to a campsite, and towed to a State Park about 170 miles round trip. It towed like a boss! Although the V6 was, as suggested by some, not an out-and-out powerhouse, it did pull just fine. Transmission temps were only up about 2 to 4 degrees above usual, engine temp stayed stable, and I even saw some "V4" mode on level pulls. Got between 10 and 13 MPG, depending on the routing I took and how many stop lights I had to accelerate from. Everything went pretty well.
I do have a question for those out there more used to distributing hitches. I found I had to pull up another notch on the chain to get the truck level and a little more weight on my steer axle. Everything, truck and trailer, ended up about perfectly level, (far and away more than a lot of rigs I noticed coming in to the park!!!,) but my torsion bars are past parallel to the frame on the trailer (end of the bar where the chain attaches at the mini u-bolt is about 2 1/2 inches from the trailer frame). Will this hurt in the long run, or am I okay to leave as is?? Next trip out will be a long one from Illinois to Mount Rushmore in South Dakota!
โMay-16-2017 05:31 AM
gac914 wrote:
Okay, people had asked me to post results after towing. We had a "shakedown" run to a campsite, and towed to a State Park about 170 miles round trip. It towed like a boss! Although the V6 was, as suggested by some, not an out-and-out powerhouse, it did pull just fine. Transmission temps were only up about 2 to 4 degrees above usual, engine temp stayed stable, and I even saw some "V4" mode on level pulls. Got between 10 and 13 MPG, depending on the routing I took and how many stop lights I had to accelerate from. Everything went pretty well.
I do have a question for those out there more used to distributing hitches. I found I had to pull up another notch on the chain to get the truck level and a little more weight on my steer axle. Everything, truck and trailer, ended up about perfectly level, (far and away more than a lot of rigs I noticed coming in to the park!!!,) but my torsion bars are past parallel to the frame on the trailer (end of the bar where the chain attaches at the mini u-bolt is about 2 1/2 inches from the trailer frame). Will this hurt in the long run, or am I okay to leave as is?? Next trip out will be a long one from Illinois to Mount Rushmore in South Dakota!
โMay-15-2017 10:54 AM
gac914 wrote:
Okay, people had asked me to post results after towing. We had a "shakedown" run to a campsite, and towed to a State Park about 170 miles round trip. It towed like a boss! Although the V6 was, as suggested by some, not an out-and-out powerhouse, it did pull just fine. Transmission temps were only up about 2 to 4 degrees above usual, engine temp stayed stable, and I even saw some "V4" mode on level pulls. Got between 10 and 13 MPG, depending on the routing I took and how many stop lights I had to accelerate from. Everything went pretty well.
I do have a question for those out there more used to distributing hitches. I found I had to pull up another notch on the chain to get the truck level and a little more weight on my steer axle. Everything, truck and trailer, ended up about perfectly level, (far and away more than a lot of rigs I noticed coming in to the park!!!,) but my torsion bars are past parallel to the frame on the trailer (end of the bar where the chain attaches at the mini u-bolt is about 2 1/2 inches from the trailer frame). Will this hurt in the long run, or am I okay to leave as is?? Next trip out will be a long one from Illinois to Mount Rushmore in South Dakota!
โMay-15-2017 10:47 AM
gac914 wrote:
Okay, people had asked me to post results after towing. We had a "shakedown" run to a campsite, and towed to a State Park about 170 miles round trip. It towed like a boss! Although the V6 was, as suggested by some, not an out-and-out powerhouse, it did pull just fine. Transmission temps were only up about 2 to 4 degrees above usual, engine temp stayed stable, and I even saw some "V4" mode on level pulls. Got between 10 and 13 MPG, depending on the routing I took and how many stop lights I had to accelerate from. Everything went pretty well.
I do have a question for those out there more used to distributing hitches. I found I had to pull up another notch on the chain to get the truck level and a little more weight on my steer axle. Everything, truck and trailer, ended up about perfectly level, (far and away more than a lot of rigs I noticed coming in to the park!!!,) but my torsion bars are past parallel to the frame on the trailer (end of the bar where the chain attaches at the mini u-bolt is about 2 1/2 inches from the trailer frame). Will this hurt in the long run, or am I okay to leave as is?? Next trip out will be a long one from Illinois to Mount Rushmore in South Dakota!
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