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Location: northern Michigan | Help! Last year we bought a 1992 motorhome (29', ford chassis) to haul our 3-horse slant load ponderosa trailer. I used it a few times and was advised by friends that I should have the frame of the motorhome beefed up to haul that weight. Of course the salesman convinced us this motorhome was able to handle the weight. Anyway, my husband is now convinced that we should not use the motorhome for this purpose at all! He prefers to buy a pickup camper and use the motorhome only for non-horse camping. What do you think? |
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Location: Vermont | Originally written by briscosboss on 2012-03-14 12:38 PM Help! Last year we bought a 1992 motorhome (29', ford chassis ) to haul our 3-horse slant load ponderosa trailer. I used it a few times and was advised by friends that I should have the frame of the motorhome beefed up to haul that weight. Of course the salesman convinced us this motorhome was able to handle the weight. Anyway, my husband is now convinced that we should not use the motorhome for this purpose at all! He prefers to buy a pickup camper and use the motorhome only for non-horse camping. What do you think? |
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Location: Mena, AR | What are the towing spec's of your motor home? |
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Location: michigan | get a GN trailer..it beats a pick up camper hands down. |
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Location: East Tennessee, USA, Planet Earth | Hi...I haul my horse trailer with a 93' Damon Challenger Class A 26' RV.
If I had to do it over.....I would use a truck and LQ gooseneck horse trailer.
What I did to make my RV safe to haul my trailer.
I had the rear frame "beefed up" from the rear axle ....back.
I added air bags to the rear axle.
I added air bags to the front axle.
I install a 10,000 lb receiver hitch.
I put a weight distribution/anti sway bars to the trailer.
I enjoy the RV..once I get into camp and set up.
BUT...I hate driving the RV down the road. It's like driving a large billboard.
If you go the slide in camper in your truck...make sure your truck can handle that weight and the trailer.
I had that set up before I got the RV...would go back to that in a heartbeat. As long as it had a potty/shower combo. |
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Location: northern Michigan | Thing is, we use the motor-home sometimes when not horse-camping. Thats why we went this way. Sure, I'd like a gooseneck (my husband could convert a simple one to make a LQ) but then we'd need a different truck and what about the times we go without horses? Keep both? That is a lot of $$$! The RV is supposed to do both. I don't find driving it too bad horse trailer and all. The RV has air bags and and a 460 engine. |
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Location: Jersey, GA | We go camping all quite often without the horses and take the gooseneck. It works great for hauling the motorcycle or golf cart or nothing at all. Best option I think. Big truck and a gooseneck trailer with LQ. |
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Location: high desert, CA. | I am with Tami! We just take the big ole trailer camping, and have all that space to put OHV's, or once we used the back end for a patio when it poured rain all weekend, and we had two guests with us camping. The rear ramp makes a nice platform when blocked with cinder blocks for a big bar-b-que and put a table too. ( Just remember that when down can be a real ankle banger.) We camp in the desert a lot, so getting out of the wind, without going into the LQ, is nice and it stays relatively cool. |
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Location: Missouri | Every year we go on a float trip with my parents. They're in their motorhome, us in our horse trailer. The looks we get pulling a horse trailer into the campground are priceless. |
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Location: Arkansas | Hornet, I was looking for a "like" button to click! |
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