to the OP: Very nice set up. Enjoy every minute of it. Love to go camping as well and looking for a smaller camper once I get my Maverick.
im sure the frontal area has everything to do with wind resistance and drag. I just keep my speeds low and take my time. it's never felt like it was extremely out of control.to the OP: Very nice set up. Enjoy every minute of it. Love to go camping as well and looking for a smaller camper once I get my Maverick.
I would not worry too much about the frontage as long as you keep your speed down. Look at Europe: A lot of these sedans such as a VW Passat / Mercedes E-Class are pulling 1900kg / 4200lbs travel trailers. But the speed is limited to 50 miles per hour resp. 62 miles per hour for certain trailers. So, yes, if you are racing down the interstate with 75-80 miles per hour as a lot of people it is an issue then. I am sure it is a liability issue in the US and that's why Ford is suggesting it. Just my 2 cents.
And it's simply semantics. In the east many people refer to travel trailers as campers. there is a "Camper Sales" retailer near me who does not sell truck campers only trailers.No, what you are towing is a trailer (travel trailer). A camper slides into the bed of a pickup truck. A trailer is towed either from your bumper area hitch or a 5th wheel hitch in the bed of the truck. If you were to tell someone here out in the west that you are towing a camper, you'd get really strange looks.
lol that’s why I tow my Maverick behind my Motorhome and I call it a “No, what you are towing is a trailer (travel trailer). A camper slides into the bed of a pickup truck. A trailer is towed either from your bumper area hitch or a 5th wheel hitch in the bed of the truck. If you were to tell someone here out in the west that you are towing a camper, you'd get really strange looks.
Toad”
I know someone who put a solar powered light on his. Just one of those cheap HD stick in the ground ones. I guess his shins got too sore.
Also have some legit frontal load on this Rove lite we have- The way I read that spec is that you minus the tailgate area and the available ground clearance of the trailer and then add what's left up - Height X Width - Nice to have the ground clearance and headroom inside the trailer but when the wind blows its something that has be taken into account when towing, would like to keep the shiny side up
Might want to put a camera on the back of the camper.2024 XL 2.0 w/ 4k
Bought the truck in March of 24, has 40k miles now.
In January I purchased a camper, and anytime I share pictures, everyone wants to know, so I'll just leave this here.
2015 KZ Spree Escape E19BH
weighs ~2750 dry 300# TW
ive got a 40 pound propane tank on the nose and gear under the bed, my tongue weight is likely over 400
my total weight is just a guess, but probably around 3600 after everything.
I haul it around with wood in the bed too, only ever had issues with high winds, but you just have that.
still trying to find a lead on some good tow mirrors, the ones available suck, ive asked mabett to bring the idea to their development team, we'll see what happens there.
I was going to, but I've done a few hundred miles without and I think for now I'm going to just keep doing what I'm doing, just on the ball.
I have one, just no magnetic material to mount it to other than the bumper, and that view is too low for my liking, going to rig up something that stands up off of the bumper to put it on. I do like a good old fashioned mirror.
You can buy magnetic steel plates that stick to the fiberglass anywhere you want
