2023 Ford Raptor- Continuation

[McCarthy]

So a bit of a whirlwind couple weeks, I ended up installing air bags the day before I left, which turned out to be a very good idea. Went over a scale for fun and truck and trailer fully loaded was 12,371lbs. Never realize how heavy everything is, but that was food, fuel, coolers, gear, big flat deck trailer, two big quads, dirt bike, 60 gallons of fuel etc etc etc. Total for the trip ended up being 5800km on the truck, 631 on the ATV, and 229 on the Dirt bike. Weather was stunning, average daily highs were 75-85f. Absolutely awesome couple weeks!

EDIT: I forgot the fuel economy, for the trip it was 20.5 l/100km, which is 11.5mpg, running ~85mph. If I dropped to say 65, it would obviously be dramatically better, I would think.

In no particular order;

Loaded and condition of the rig after driving through a nasty snowstorm the day before, while still in Canada. Air bags at 45 PSI and still a slight squat. VERY tongue heavy trailer.

Truck all cleaned up, in Phoenix on a re-supply run about half way through the trip.

Gorgeous cloud cover and desert vista.

I'm home. Feels that way, anyway.

Early morning ride.

Just leaving town. You can see the houses in the distance.

Nothing like being pinned wide open through a fast desert wash and coming accross a mini (~3 foot) dry waterfall at 70mph... lean further back, stay pinned, and hope. Took a break to let the adrenaline calm down a bit after lol.

Red rocks. Beauty.

In front of a small/medium Cactus ( i know they're called a Suerro (sp?) I prefer cactus

A few random pics.

Nice wash

Overlooking yet another fast wash from above.

Sand is like hawaii beach nice.

Massive, like 40+ foot tall Cactus

 

[McCarthy]

Debated about sharing these two pics as I just discovered editing photos and made them kinda cheesy playing around, but what the hell.

 

[billiebob]

(I don't know if build quality will change with a slide in camper)

THIS ^^^^

Exactly, the best part of a trailer is the frame and suspension, the worst parts are the same for a camper or a trailer.

F150s have great towing capacity, not so great payload capacity. I'd never put a camper into an F150. Look for an open toy hauler type trailer with living accomodations, Most of those are reasonably simple and well built. Popup or Hardwall style.

 

[billiebob]

Better yet, find a tent trailer to park on the nose of your trailer...

 

[Deleted member 9101]

My vote is for a Jumping Jack trailer:

Jumping Jack Trailers - New & Used Trailers, Service, Financing, and Parts in Salt Lake City, UT, near Bountiful and Murray

Jumping Jack Trailers is a dealership located in Salt Lake City, UT. We sell new and pre-owned Trailers from Jumping Jack® with excellent financing and pricing options. Jumping Jack Trailers offers service and parts, and proudly serves the areas of Bountiful, Antelope Island, Coalville, and Murray.

www.jumpingjacktrailers.com

I had one for a couple of years. Very well built, very rugged, and can haul two ATVs. Pretty epic for its size.

 

[McCarthy]

THIS ^^^^

Exactly, the best part of a trailer is the frame and suspension, the worst parts are the same for a camper or a trailer.

F150s have great towing capacity, not so great payload capacity. I'd never put a camper into an F150. Look for an open toy hauler type trailer with living accomodations, Most of those are reasonably simple and well built. Popup or Hardwall style.

Quite a curious thing regarding payload actually, (NOT TOWING, just rated payloads) a good friend of mine has a 2019 Ram 2500 cummins, and his payload rating from the factory (coil springs + heavy cummins) is 1,980 lbs. My F150 payload rating from the factory (leaf springs) is 2,050 lbs.

With that said, i'm still leaning towards a nice 30' toy hauler at the moment. I really want to find the perfect solution before I spend that much money, as I have somewhat of a bad habit of selling stuff quickly (at a loss, obviously) a few times before finding what works the best. I'd rather avoid that, if I can.

 

[Grassland]

Might be able to find a Livin Lite toy hauler used, or an .... ATC maybe it was makes giant toy haulers out of aluminium.

 

[McCarthy]

Might be able to find a Livin Lite toy hauler used, or an .... ATC maybe it was makes giant toy haulers out of aluminium.

Keeping an eye out. I looked at a Jayco toy hauler (*maybe it was forest river? Can't remember...) and it was setup perfectly, but seemed to be built so, so cheap.

Grassland, you appear to be in Canada as well from the posts in your build thread?

 

[ITTOG]

My vote is for a Jumping Jack trailer:

Jumping Jack Trailers - New & Used Trailers, Service, Financing, and Parts in Salt Lake City, UT, near Bountiful and Murray

Jumping Jack Trailers is a dealership located in Salt Lake City, UT. We sell new and pre-owned Trailers from Jumping Jack® with excellent financing and pricing options. Jumping Jack Trailers offers service and parts, and proudly serves the areas of Bountiful, Antelope Island, Coalville, and Murray.

www.jumpingjacktrailers.com

I had one for a couple of years. Very well built, very rugged, and can haul two ATVs. Pretty epic for its size.

Those are cool. Any idea how much they run.

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[Deleted member 9101]

Those are cool. Any idea how much they run.

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I bought one 10 yewrs ago for 1,900 on clearance from Cabellas. Regular price was something like 5,900. I would imagine that they haven't come down in price...lol.

 

[McCarthy]

Breakup is in full swing, it is NASTY in the bush right now.

 

[Todd780]

Breakup is in full swing, it is NASTY in the bush right now.

Looks like fun to me!

 

[McCarthy]

Looks like fun to me!

Until you have to wash the damn thing! ?

 

[McCarthy]

Winter, go ******** yourself. I wanted to be social distancing on dirt bikes, not shovelling my driveway.

 

[McCarthy]

Spring is slowly sprung...ing...