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I personally love the idea of a redneck hauler. Keeps the truck available for running errands if necessary and the deck idea Rick is showing is not to be dismissed lightly.

Flat towing is an easy option too...until you break something while your wheeling and you gotta fix it to go home instead of throwing it on a trailer, beaten and broken.
 
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Mike_H said:
I personally love the idea of a redneck hauler. Keeps the truck available for running errands if necessary and the deck idea Rick is showing is not to be dismissed lightly.
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Yeah they seem cool. I'm sure it something I'll continue to consider doing lol.
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Flat towing is an easy option too...until you break something while your wheeling and you gotta fix it to go home instead of throwing it on a trailer, beaten and broken.
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Yeahhh. Does suck to miss out on that benefit of the trailer. I was thinking, it's like halfway there. Say my jeep broke down on a trailer. I might not really be able to get it home... But at least I will still be able to get myself home?
 
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For those of you who do Facebook there is a group called Crawler haulers and there are rigs for sale many times.

https://www.facebook.com/groups/1684198558360399

The other is Gooseneck Trailer

https://www.facebook.com/groups/2173914586006945


lBasket said:
Yeah they seem cool. I'm sure it something I'll continue to consider doing lol.
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Up here in the PNW when it's raining it was really nice. And even down at Moab in the RV park it's nice. Part of why I did it was because I wanted a long bed camper but wanted to keep my short bed truck. So I could haul my camper and as Mike said still have my truck for running errands and parts runs when needed.

lBasket said:
Yeahhh. Does suck to miss out on that benefit of the trailer. I was thinking, it's like halfway there. Say my jeep broke down on a trailer. I might not really be able to get it home... But at least I will still be able to get myself home?
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Most times unless you destroy a wheel bearing or wheel you'll be able to tow it home. If you can't then you have to look at your options. Take your camper home and then come back with a UHaul trailer and haul the Jeep home? Or find someone with a trailer who can haul it home for you.
 
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Wildman said:
For those of you who do Facebook there is a group called Crawler haulers and there are rigs for sale many times.

https://www.facebook.com/groups/1684198558360399

The other is Gooseneck Trailer

https://www.facebook.com/groups/2173914586006945




Up here in the PNW when it's raining it was really nice. And even down at Moab in the RV park it's nice. Part of why I did it was because I wanted a long bed camper but wanted to keep my short bed truck. So I could haul my camper and as Mike said still have my truck for running errands and parts runs when needed.
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Why didn't you just put your 8' bed camper into your 6' bed truck like me? 🤔

I bet it's nice. There is always that lifestyle creep. Gimme a year or two of using this camper and I'll probably start wanted a nice wraparound deck like yours, just like at home....
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Most times unless you destroy a wheel bearing or wheel you'll be able to tow it home. If you can't then you have to look at your options. Take your camper home and then come back with a UHaul trailer and haul the Jeep home? Or find someone with a trailer who can haul it home for you.
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Yeah, I have friends with trailers and stuff and am decently handy. I am hoping that bringing the truck will also encourage me to be way better setup for breakage which will make it a better scenario than just driving the jeep out.

I'll probably start carting around a spare tire and the axle shafts I have and more tools and etc since I can
 
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Why didn't you just put your 8' bed camper into your 6' bed truck like me? 🤔
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Dangerous as HELL is the first reason why. By putting a long bed camper on a short bed truck your weight distribution isn't correct. If you look on your camper you'll see a balance point mark on the bottom of the camper. It's meant to have the weight forward of the axle with a long bed but with a short bed it can put the weight behind your axle. Your camper isn't that heavy but the one I had was close to 4K lbs. and you don't want that weight hanging off the back.

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I bet it's nice. There is always that lifestyle creep. Gimme a year or two of using this camper and I'll probably start wanted a nice wraparound deck like yours, just like at home....
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I started with my short bed camper that had a wet bath and no slide. Did that for 3 years and then decided I wanted a larger camper so I designed my RNTH.... Then after towing it to Moab with my 3/4 ton SRW truck I didn't like that either so I traded it for a dually 1 ton.

I liked this setup a LOT but when I got together with my ex after a year or so together she wanted more space so I got a motorhome to make her happy.... Wrong choice.

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Wildman said:
Dangerous as HELL is the first reason why. By putting a long bed camper on a short bed truck your weight distribution isn't correct. If you look on your camper you'll see a balance point mark on the bottom of the camper. It's meant to have the weight forward of the axle with a long bed but with a short bed it can put the weight behind your axle. Your camper isn't that heavy but the one I had was close to 4K lbs. and you don't want that weight hanging off the back.



I started with my short bed camper that had a wet bath and no slide. Did that for 3 years and then decided I wanted a larger camper so I designed my RNTH.... Then after towing it to Moab with my 3/4 ton SRW truck I didn't like that either so I traded it for a dually 1 ton.

I liked this setup a LOT but when I got together with my ex after a year or so together she wanted more space so I got a motorhome to make her happy.... Wrong choice.

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Wow yeah yours is way heavier!! I'll look for that line next time. Good thing mine is soo light. Probably makes up for it. I'll have to try to keep my junk up front in the camper to compensate.

This is the truck you're bringing out to Moab?

That does look like a really nice setup for that truck. I like how the redneck toy hauler lets you keep it ready and you just hook up the truck and go
 
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lBasket said:
Wow yeah yours is way heavier!! I'll look for that line next time. Good thing mine is soo light. Probably makes up for it. I'll have to try to keep my junk up front in the camper to compensate.
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Yes try to put as much or your stuff towards the front of the camper. Slides add a lot of weight to a camper and being a 11' hardside makes it heavier too.

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Typically, the COG is marked with a sticker that has been affixed to both the driver and passenger sides of the camper. Ideally, the camper's COG of gravity should be located in front of your truck's rear axle—in most cases 10 to 20 percent of the weight will be on the front axle and 80-90 percent on the rear axle.
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lBasket said:
This is the truck you're bringing out to Moab?
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Nope that was sold when I bought my old motorhome. I hated that motorhome too. It was a 33' Beaver.

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This is my current motorhome. It's going into the shop to have the engine repaired next Monday. Once that's repaired and the Jeep is running I hope I'll start doing some traveling. Moab will be my first major road trip with it.

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lBasket said:
That does look like a really nice setup for that truck. I like how the redneck toy hauler lets you keep it ready and you just hook up the truck and go
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Yep there are a lot of nice things about a RNTH and being able to unhook and hook up fast is one of them. There are some cool builds of some of these RNTH too. Like anything you have to be careful about weight too. You can overload the trailer or the pin weight if you're not careful.
 
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Yes try to put as much or your stuff towards the front of the camper. Slides add a lot of weight to a camper and being a 11' hardside makes it heavier too.

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Nope that was sold when I bought my old motorhome. I hated that motorhome too. It was a 33' Beaver.

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This is my current motorhome. It's going into the shop to have the engine repaired next Monday. Once that's repaired and the Jeep is running I hope I'll start doing some traveling. Moab will be my first major road trip with it.

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Yep there are a lot of nice things about a RNTH and being able to unhook and hook up fast is one of them. There are some cool builds of some of these RNTH too. Like anything you have to be careful about weight too. You can overload the trailer or the pin weight if you're not careful.
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Why did you hate the brick one? Ive always wondered what it's like to drive something shaped like that can you see really well?
 
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lBasket said:
Why didn't you just put your 8' bed camper into your 6' bed truck like me? 🤔

I bet it's nice. There is always that lifestyle creep. Gimme a year or two of using this camper and I'll probably start wanted a nice wraparound deck like yours, just like at home....

Yeah, I have friends with trailers and stuff and am decently handy. I am hoping that bringing the truck will also encourage me to be way better setup for breakage which will make it a better scenario than just driving the jeep out.

I'll probably start carting around a spare tire and the axle shafts I have and more tools and etc since I can
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Why did you hate the brick one? Ive always wondered what it's like to drive something shaped like that can you see really well?
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I went from getting 12 MPG loaded with my Ram to only 6-7 MPG with that Beaver. It had a 300 HP Cat motor. With no slides it was a PITA to get around inside when trying to get past one another. Plus it was a minimum of $6K every winter in maintenance & repairs. You can see OK out the windshield but not really great down the sides of it. There were nice things about it and for it's era it had a lot of nice appointments and features but it just wasn't my thing.

My new motorhome is a Ford F550 chassis & is 4x4 so it's a little more mobile than most.
 
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Wildman said:
I went from getting 12 MPG loaded with my Ram to only 6-7 MPG with that Beaver. It had a 300 HP Cat motor. With no slides it was a PITA to get around inside when trying to get past one another. Plus it was a minimum of $6K every winter in maintenance & repairs. You can see OK out the windshield but not really great down the sides of it. There were nice things about it and for it's era it had a lot of nice appointments and features but it just wasn't my thing.

My new motorhome is a Ford F550 chassis & is 4x4 so it's a little more mobile than most.
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Oh that sucks. Yeah the new one looks cool. I like how it's still like a normal truck up front
 
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Wildman said:
I went from getting 12 MPG loaded with my Ram to only 6-7 MPG with that Beaver. It had a 300 HP Cat motor. With no slides it was a PITA to get around inside when trying to get past one another. Plus it was a minimum of $6K every winter in maintenance & repairs. You can see OK out the windshield but not really great down the sides of it. There were nice things about it and for it's era it had a lot of nice appointments and features but it just wasn't my thing.

My new motorhome is a Ford F550 chassis & is 4x4 so it's a little more mobile than most.
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Aren't those cat motors made for like semi trucks? Surprising you'd get worse MPGs
 
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