On Saturday, 1 June 2013 21:30:10 UTC-3, Tim wrote:
On Jun 1, 3:33*pm, JustWaitAFrekinMinute

wrote:

On 6/1/2013 3:58 PM, JustWaitAFrekinMinute wrote:



On 6/1/2013 2:26 PM, thumper wrote:

On 6/1/2013 9:59 AM, JustWaitAFrekinMinute wrote:



I have been talking to some truck guys around here and we are looking at

a 1500 Silverado four door with a 5.3...



I tow my 4500 lb boat with a 5.3L Suburban and while it does fine I

wouldn't want much more weight behind me. *What is the trailer weight

and what kind of brakes does it have? *Check what the vehicle is rated

to tow and leave some margin. *Consider all the crap you load into it.



Yeah, the setup we are considering now is a 17 foot at 3200 pounds. That

leaves me almost 2000 pounds for crap...



Just found this... Hummmmmm...



http://worcester.craigslist.org/cto/3781170945.html



...



That's sweet looking, Scott, and i dont' men to downgrade it, but

there's considerations. For one thing it's nice, but it's still a 1

trick pony. When the motorhome craze got started, it wasn't long

before you saw a lot of Winabago's parked with weeds growing around

them and moss creeping up the north side. Probably due to lack of

interest because people found out they weren't or couldn't use them as

much as their dreams said they could. Annual license and ins. is much

more than a pull behind camper, and 6-8 (maybe 10) mpg. got to be

really heavy.



Also consider... that motor camper is old. and sat most all it;s life.

low miles is good, but age on seals, hoses, tires isn't. Not saying it

would be, but it *could* be a maintenance bucket. And this isn't

counting the plumbing on the inside...



But on the bright side, mechanically it's old school and nothing you

couldn't handle.



On the really bright side, if one was going to use it in the summer

and make 200 +/- one-way jaunts on weekends, it might be ideal. and

you could pull a light bike trailer behind it with little problem.



The thing is to to use it, IF you have a use for it


Brother-in-law bought an older Winnebago, used it a couple of times and then set it up on his lakefront lot just outside the city.
Kids broke in, smashed the back window out etc.
Brother in law then stripped engine out and gave it to a local mechanic who planned to put it in a race car.
Now if that clunker is to be moved...it'll have to be towed.