From some of my research before i switched to the 4k
Note that the weights are "dry" - that is no water, gear or beer in the fridge.
BTW - I have a Alto F2114 on order (dry is ~2600)
Some are on the heavy side... (I wanted to stay < 1800 lb for headroom)
I was looking for more than a...
After a load of reading.....
Ford says that load balancing/sway is "Not Required" which is not the "Not recommended" that another vehicle has.
Just heard today that the brake controller recall is "off hold" and I now have a part on order to clear the recall. (2-3 days)
When I get that taken...
We visited their showroom in Quebec City. It was the "excuse" to visit the city (Q City is really worth the visit).
They appeared to have a high quality of build and so it would have been interesting to know where the leak was (roof, hot water...)
I really really liked the Alto R17 series....
Ouch. My wife has been following several small camper forums on FB and says she has heard the least quality issues on the Alto site. Hoping that one was built on Friday afternoon !
I just purchased a nice little camper trailer - a Sun Lite 18RD
This is 19 foot tip to tail.
I do have the 4k towing package, in fact I switched my buy from the hybrid because we wanted a trailer and nothing I wanted really fit well (with towing headroom) in 2k.
Lately I have been hitting...
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I did some serious research on camper trailers. Started with the 2k towing because I wanted the hybrid. But planning on retiring soon so will likely be on the road for longer (at least a month at a time). So bumped up to the 4k and ecoboost.
But... the camper I ordered will not be delivered...
I saw an Alto F2143 this week :-) And it is a nice and solid build. Of course it is around 50k US. and a two year wait :-(
There certainly are trade offs. I have heard that some trailer companies produce a lot cheaper designs and from just looking on the web are about 1k+ heavier. And yes, I...
There are a lot of smaller camper trailers out there that fit in the 2k towing limit, though more are the "teardrop" (ie bed in a box) design. I know, I researched a load of them. I even looked hard at the Safari Condo Alto R17xx shown above (it is a beautiful camper with an aprox 2 year build...