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07-31-2012, 07:23 AM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Nov 2009
Location: East Bethel, Minnesota
Posts: 732
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Color Coordinated??
My wife Sandy and I have been dicussing the purchase of a new Tow Vehicle. My current truck is a 2006 Ford F150 and it is White and Gold in color. We purchased it because of price and I wanted a White truck to match the TT.
I told her we will buy another white truck to match the current TT and the future TT.
My questions to you fine folks are:
Would you prefer to have a Tow vehicle match your Trailer?
Does your currect set up match because you wanted to match or was is it by accident?
Does it matter to you if they match or not?
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HAPPY CAMPING!! :D
Daryl and Sandy
2013 Eagle 314BDS
2014 Ford F150 Platinum, 4 x 4 Crew Cab with Ecoboost
Equal-i-zer Hitch
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07-31-2012, 08:06 AM
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Senior Member
Join Date: May 2012
Location: Pearland, TX
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Happy Wife, Happy Life. Cost would be my driving force. I don't care if they match or not.
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07-31-2012, 04:19 PM
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Join Date: Oct 2011
Location: Houston
Posts: 2,526
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I didn't buy my TV to match but after purchasing it, the DW informed me that they do indeed match! 
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Mike, Sue, Sissy and Little Man
2015 Ford F350 Lariat FX4 6.7 CC DRW
2015 Eagle Premier 351RSTS
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07-31-2012, 05:00 PM
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Join Date: Feb 2012
Posts: 968
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Our tow vehicle is also white, and therefore matches the trailer.
It was a lucky break. We buy all our family's vehicles at US Forest Service auctions and of course most of their vehiicles are that sickly green Forest Service color. We wanted a 2 wheel drive 3/4 ton pickup. There were lots of 4WD green ones, and one 2WD white one. It had everything we wanted. King cab. 350 cubic inch engine, Tow package, Camper package (heavy duty springs) and it only had 70,000 miles on it...And it was white! We got it for a real cheap price too. I feel so much better not driving around in a vehicle that, because of its sickly green color, is instantly recognizable as an old Forest Service Rig!
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07-31-2012, 05:28 PM
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Join Date: Dec 2011
Location: Southwest OH
Posts: 786
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Don't care if they match. Both the TT and TV are equally beautiful! Our TV is bright red!
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 Kim
2012 Jayflight 32bhds
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07-31-2012, 06:41 PM
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Join Date: Sep 2011
Location: Luray, VA (central Shenandoah Valley of VA)
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We bought our F350 based on four criteria (F350, crew cab, V-10 gas engine, 4X4), and wanted used so as not to lose so much value in the first year of ownership. The first one that met criteria was white/gold, which mostly happens to match the 5er we bought 7 years later. Neither one of us cares about matching, but it just happened that way. Incidentally, we bought a Ford because we were screwed on a warranty claim to GM on our previous TV's engine. They denied the claim because we had to change out a new but defective engine 2,000 miles away from home, and failed to get the selling GM dealer's written permission to change the engine. GM never denied that the engine was defective - just that we did not obtain the dealer's written permission. No more GMs for us !
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2003 Ford F-350 V-10 Crew Cab 4WD Long Bed
2004 Jayco Designer Medallion 29 RLTS 5th wheel
Bill, Gayle, Teddy (Jack Russell terrier), and Honey (Beagle)
Retired at last !
Nothing is foolproof to a sufficiently talented fool.
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07-31-2012, 08:36 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Jun 2012
Posts: 626
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[ATTACH][/ATTACH]
Match not planed but like it 
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07-31-2012, 08:51 PM
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Join Date: Jan 2011
Location: Arizona City
Posts: 10,161
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Makes no never mind to me. As long as we go down the road safe and have a good time.
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2018 Jayco Jayfeather 27 RL, 2002 Ford excursion, v-10, 3:73 gears 4x4 mine. 2020 Buick Encore Hers, Retired Air Force, now Retired.
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07-31-2012, 08:52 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Feb 2012
Location: SE Wisconsin
Posts: 455
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I ordered my truck in red because I liked the way it looked, it just so happens that it matches the striping in my Jayco.
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1998 Jayco Eagle 302FK (Honda EU3000is)
2016 GMC Sierra Denali 3500HD 4x4 Duramax/Allison
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08-10-2012, 03:23 AM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Mar 2012
Location: Livermore,California
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Anyone worried about matching their tv to their tt probably has great hair......happy camping!
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08-10-2012, 05:58 AM
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Senior Member
Join Date: May 2012
Location: Boston
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Makes no difference to me.
[ATTACH][/ATTACH]
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2013 White Hawk 28 DSBH
2011 Jay Feather X23J (traded-in)
2011 Ford F-150 XLT w/towing package
RoadMaster Active Suspension
Reese Trunnion Bar WDH w/Dual Cam sway control
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08-10-2012, 09:59 AM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Dec 2010
Location: Central PA
Posts: 1,236
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I do like the looks of units that match, but mine do not.
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No I am NOT retired. I work full time.:D
Tracy from Central PA
2010 Jayco 17Z Ex-Port
2004 Ford Explorer V8 with the tow package
2010 Camping Stats
Nights Camping 132 - Nights Camping in My Z 102
2011 Camping Stats
Nights Camping 107
2012 Camping Stats
Nights camping 133 - Nights camping in my Z 128
2013 Camping Stats
Nights Camping 66 Nights
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08-10-2012, 10:21 AM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Dec 2011
Posts: 427
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Our units match by ACCIDENT- We needed a newer TV and we bought a unit that met our mechanical requirements [ It was the only vehicle in metro Des Moines that did ] JHMO- DD
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Fulltiming since July 1, 1999 currently with a 2005 GMC Sierra 3500 cc drw towing a 2007 Jayco Eagle 341RLQS
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08-16-2012, 04:26 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Jun 2012
Posts: 102
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It's not that important to me. However, my Astro is a metallic beige, that resembles the beige/gold in the decals on our TT, and I kid of like it!
I wouldn't have had to have them coordinate if I'd found a trailer I wanted more.
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08-16-2012, 11:48 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Dec 2010
Location: North Idaho/Arizona
Posts: 5,446
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When we bought our truck it met the following criteria. Quad cab, Cummins, Automatic with lots of extras. The hard to find part was that we wanted around 20K miles. Color didn't much matter as long as it wasn't black or blue. It does match the trailer graphics somewhat and happens to be the same color as Sallie's car and our Rhino.
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2011 Eagle 330RLTS with just about every option.
2017 Silverado 1500 4x4 5.3 with tow package. (no, we don't tow the Jayco with it.)
2018 Surveyor 265RLDS well equipped.
Life in the slow lane is still life.
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08-17-2012, 04:24 PM
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Junior Member
Join Date: May 2012
Posts: 29
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My truck is maroon and just happened to match the striping on the 5er we found earlier this year. We were more concerned with our criteria for the camper than matching. First time out some friends pointed out that it matched. Bonus I guess!
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