dodge guy
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I towed a 35ft TT with my Excursion. Loved that set up. I was thinking about a truck to replace it with a few years ago. I was considering a crew cab and 6’4” bed (Ram). After having driven my Wxcursion for so long I had no need or desire for a crew cab 8ft bed. I would’ve considered a Mega Cab and 6’4” bed but those are near impossible to find used. But in the end I went with a 1/2 ton crew cab and 5’7” bed and no trailer. We now have a class A. Hopefully this didn’t add anything useful to the conversation?
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PA12DRVR
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"My other idea is to put a basic camper-top/cap on the truck and SOMETIMES use it for QUICK, solo camping trips.
I don't need to discuss 4WD...do most of us NEED it? Probably not."
I live in Alaska where I truly need 4WD every so often (probably need 10x per year, convenient much more than that) and I won't drive a vehicle up here w/o 4WD. When I lived in Ewe-stun, decided that I didn't need a 4WD F350, so got a 2WD F350. Some years later, at selling time, even the Ewe-Stun market dinged it for being only 2WD...and I managed to get stuck (spin-out, not buried) on wet grass (FL, AL, and MS) at least 3 times in the years that I owned it and camped (5th Wheel) with it.
Caps: Main reason my pickups have a cap is for (relatively) dry storage of the gear I carry. Caps rule out sno-go, SxS, or other bulky item transport...but that's what trailers are for. I've used the cap more than once when my "I'm a tough Alaska guy, I can camp in a tent" opinion got hammered by hard rain ![[emoticon]](https://forums.motorhome.com/sharedcontent/cfb/images/frown.gif "frown") , but it's mostly so that I can carry stuff without having to worry about it being soaked or buried in snow or covered in dirt.....the bed stuff still gets dusty if it sits there for a while.
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Cptnvideo
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We have a Ram 4x6 (why do they say 4x4 when there are 6 tires on the ground?) crew cab, 8' bed. My ONLY complaint is we can't take it thru a drive thru car wash.
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Cptnvideo wrote:We have a Ram 4x6 (why do they say 4x4 when there are 6 tires on the ground?) crew cab, 8' bed. My ONLY complaint is we can't take it thru a drive thru car wash.
The 2 rear tires are attached to one axle shaft and aren’t driven separately. Think of it as one wide tire. A real 6X6 would have 3 axles.
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mkirsch
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Cptnvideo wrote:We have a Ram 4x6 (why do they say 4x4 when there are 6 tires on the ground?) crew cab, 8' bed. My ONLY complaint is we can't take it thru a drive thru car wash.
So you have a 4-wheeled vehicle where 6 wheels are driven? That breaks the laws of physics, but I suspect you never studied law. ![[emoticon]](https://forums.motorhome.com/sharedcontent/cfb/images/wink.gif "wink")
Technically it would be a 6x6, but in everyday language each set of dual wheels on a dually pickup is counted as a single wheel. At least with regards to being driven. So, a 4x4.
It's funny because a tandem axle OshKosh snow plow truck is considered a 6x6 even though it has 10 wheels, but a typical tractor-trailer combination is called an "18 wheeler."
Putting 10-ply tires on half ton trucks since aught-four.
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Cptnvideo
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Gents, I'm well aware of 4x4, 6x6 etc designations. I was attempting a little humor. Yet no comments about the car wash complaint.
Years ago I was chatting with a trucker on the CB radio. He asked what I was driving and I told him a 16 wheeler. After a couple minutes he laughed and said he got it. I was driving a tag axle DP, towing a pickup with a ATV in the bed.
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JRscooby
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mkirsch wrote:Cptnvideo wrote:We have a Ram 4x6 (why do they say 4x4 when there are 6 tires on the ground?) crew cab, 8' bed. My ONLY complaint is we can't take it thru a drive thru car wash.
So you have a 4-wheeled vehicle where 6 wheels are driven? That breaks the laws of physics, but I suspect you never studied law.
Technically it would be a 6x6, but in everyday language each set of dual wheels on a dually pickup is counted as a single wheel. At least with regards to being driven. So, a 4x4.
It's funny because a tandem axle OshKosh snow plow truck is considered a 6x6 even though it has 10 wheels, but a typical tractor-trailer combination is called an "18 wheeler."
The Oshkosh referred to likely has 3 axles, all driven, so 6X6. The "18 wheeler" (never heard before became CB slang) is most often 6X4 tractor pulling a trailer.
Back in my youth ('60s and early '70s) the local GMC dealer sold a lot of 6X2 trucks. A guy I worked with has a couple of Macks set up 10X6 straight trucks.
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From '07 - '10 we had an '07 Yukon Denali and a crew cab short box 5 seater GMC diesel pick up. Our camper was a 5ver, so, we put the 4 kids in the back seat of the pick up and went camping... the odd time the youngest would sit up front on the council. Although I really enjoyed driving the Yukon I just couldn't bring myself to, trade in the 5ver for a TT, use the Yukon as a tow vehicle and leave the Duramax parked in the garage. The kids were happy to go camping and I don't think I ever remember them complaining about having to squeeze in.
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