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Old 09-09-2012, 10:12 AM   #21
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Bought the TT first and month later bought the TV, which replaces his 1978 Ford F250 4x4 that he barely could part with. It just got to point where it was in the shop more often than not.
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Old 09-09-2012, 11:45 AM   #22
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My first TT was bought based on my current trucks tow ratings, just simply because I was not in a position to upgrade my truck and buy a TT all in the same year. I was maxed out in the TV but never went more than 45-50 miles with the TT as we had really small kids and baby so long trips were not enjoyable. After doing that for a year I started to look for an new TV as I was feeling the itch to increase my TT.

IMHO obtaining the TV first leaves you in a better position to seek out the right one and wait out the market. It took me 9 months to find the perfect one, but it saved me $1000's by doing so and I found it locally too. I set a search in Auto trader to my desired needs and it went off one day as a result. The opposite puts pressure on you to go out and purchase a TV or you cannot use your TT in some cases. The new TV didn't even feel my old TT behind it.
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Old 09-09-2012, 12:22 PM   #23
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Got the TV first, planning on getting a trailer later on. It was exactly what I wanted, kind of the last of the 7.3s, and that great looking black extended cab Ford used in a commercial back then. But it was a lousy deal for the original owner. He had bought it new as soon as he retired so he and his DW could travel with a slide-in. He took it to a local state park for a weekend shakedown, went up to Alaska, then to Mexico, where his DW got sick. Came home, bad diagnosis. It sat for a year while he tried to sell the combo. I kept track until he finally let somebody buy the slide-in and let me buy the truck.

Used the old 250 to tow our three work trailers mostly for a couple years, so the 350 again sat a lot until our first TT, a toyhauler. Maybe would have gotten a fiver this time if we didn't already have a garage or barn not quite high enough for our Eagle in fiver configurtion. But with the dually it pulls just great.
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Old 09-09-2012, 01:59 PM   #24
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This statement is almost what we did. We found the TT we wanted then shopped for the truck and purchased a 2010 Toyota Tundra Crewman 4x4 because it was within its towing capacity in Aug. Then purchased the TT in Sept. and a yr and a half later traded the truck in for a 3/4 ton and now my DH is a happy camper. Not changing TV now.
Us too. Tried pulling a POP-up with an old van. That didn't go well. Bought a used Suburban. Traded POP-up for 23b. Suburban died bought Titan. Traded 23b for 26rls. Titan does ok but I was spoiled by having way more truck than trailer. Would love 3/4 ton but not in cards right now so doing a few things to Titan to make the tow a bit smoother.
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Old 09-09-2012, 04:29 PM   #25
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I have had the TV since 2004 and the HTT since 2010. The TV has much more capacity than what I "need" to have, so I am one that had the TV first.
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Old 09-10-2012, 06:36 AM   #26
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We bought the F-150 with the 8 cylinder engine first thinking that we would be replacing our class C with a TT at some point.
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Old 09-10-2012, 07:30 AM   #27
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Bought 1500 Ram new in 2010 to tow a TT. Bought a Shasta Revere 21fbs and weights were all good but TT was too small for longer trips. Got the Eagle HT 23.5. Happy with the way the Ram tows it but if or when the Ram gets tired of hauling this weight, we'll upgrade to a 3/4 ton. Undecided on gas or diesel.
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Old 09-10-2012, 07:56 AM   #28
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this is the 3rd Jayco I've hauled with my Tundra. 07 Pop up, 97 slide in, and current 90 250 Special. Tundra is paid for and works awesome with current trailer. Finances have always dictated that we have matched the TT to the TV we had.
Next TV will be a 3/4 or 1 ton but not for another 3-4 years at that time we will again find a TT or 5er that matches it.
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Old 09-10-2012, 07:15 PM   #29
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We bought a Ford truck in response to GM's refusal to honor a warranty on a new engine installed in our Chevy Suburban because we "failed to get the selling dealer's permission before replacing the defective engine" while 2,000 miles from home. Decided we eventually wanted to upgrade from a TT to a 5er, so bought the F-350 in anticipation, then sold the TT, then found the right 5er several years later. The V-10 gasser pulls 11,000lb 5er with ease, and we couldn't be happier.
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Old 09-10-2012, 08:36 PM   #30
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We bought the truck 4 years ago and pulled a smaller 5er. We wanted a larger tt just had to wait till the time was right.
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Old 09-14-2012, 04:42 PM   #31
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We had a pop-up towed by a minivan. Wanted to upgrade the trailer. Shopped all over for a hybrid that our minivan would tow. Found one we loved. It happened to be parked right next to a travel trailer that was 5,000.00 cheaper! We ended up buying the TT and then found a used truck to pull it! No regrets
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Old 09-15-2012, 07:28 AM   #32
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We bought our truck first, by 6 years. We found the time to start camping again after our kids were done sports, they are now 20 and 22. Our truck is now 8 years old and time for replacement so the search is ongoing with no rush to get another truck and we love our trailer.
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Old 09-15-2012, 06:39 PM   #33
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Bought our TV several years before we even thought of getting at TT. So we own a TT fit to our TV but unfortunatly we already thinking about getting a much larger TT which means.......
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Old 09-16-2012, 07:20 AM   #34
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We bought the TV first with no idea of ever getting a TT. Soooooo, when we did get a TT we just matched up the two. The TV is a 5.7L Tundra with tow pkg. and the TT is a 26RLS.

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Old 09-16-2012, 03:07 PM   #35
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Had a FW for 18 years, pulled it with a Chevy 3/4 ton 350, then up to a 3/4 ton 454, standard shift and then up to a 3/4 ton vortec auto and then to a 3.4 ton D/A combo. Got rid of both the truck and FW this last fall, bought a 3/4 ton Dodge Diesel standard six-speed long bed. Then bought a FW that I thought would marry to it pretty well, and it did as long as I wasn't pulling the boat behind the FW. After trying that, and wife not wanting to drive the six-speed (and me having a little problem backing with both feet in the floor) we went back to a 3/4 GMC D/A combo short bed. More than enough power for our combo, Jayco Eagle SuperLite HT 26.5 RLS and boat, Crestliner Superhawk 1900 weighing around 3,800 pounds on the trailer. If I had had the GMC when we bought the trailer, I might have gone for a little bit heavier, stouter built FW. However, we have used our FW for 29 days this year and really haven't regretted the decision to buy this FW. Right now have a couple of little problems to get fixed under warranty, but not much.
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Old 09-16-2012, 03:43 PM   #36
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I bought my trailer to fit my 1/2 ton suburban. I was limited on my choices and next time will by the TV to match the trailer.

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Old 09-21-2012, 06:14 AM   #37
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We have a Chevy Astro and love it as a dog show vehicle (we do that several times a month), and wanted a TT we could comfortable pull with it. We researched accordingly and bought a Jayco X17z which fits our needs perfectly, and didn't require we get a different tow vehicle.
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Old 09-21-2012, 07:42 AM   #38
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I got the biggest baddest truck I could afford cause I like to have lots of safety margin... then I got the RV...
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Hey Clutch, what are the main differences going from a 3/4 ton to a one ton, but staying with SRW? Suspension and such I'm guessing.

We bought our truck first and then bought the camper based on what the truck could pull. We just lucked that the truck had the 3:73's in the rear-end. None of the new half-ton trucks on our local lot have this rear-end. Most of the have the 3:42 or 3:55, so I wish I could say that I planned it that way when I really just got lucky. On my next truck 3/4 ton or 1 ton SRW (based on clutch's answer) I will pay attention to what rear-end gears are back there, some people are only lucky once. :hihi:
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I was only pulling a 1986 Coleman Laramie pop-up when I bought the (new) 1996 Ford F-250 PowerStroke diesel. I knew I was going to be moving to a TT in the future and my oldest son was starting college that year so I figured this would be my last chance to buy a "big ticket" item for awhile. In 2000, the Jayco Eagle 266 FBS was purchased and is still our "home away from home" after 13 camping seasons. BTW- our youngest son still has the Coleman Laramie which celebrated its 26th "birthday" this month.
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