Hi All,
A little over a year ago(August 2017) I picked up a used(but very clean) 2012 Jayco JayFeather X213. My wife and I had recently had our first baby and decided that tent camping and camping out of the bed of my F150 was no longer cutting it.
This is my/our first camper and the first few trips were certainly a bit trial and error but things have generally smoothed out. My biggest gripe has been that much of the camping here in Utah seems to be first come, first serve. We do a lot of dispersed camping either in National Forests or on BLM land in Southern Utah and it can be a major PITA if you show up later on a Friday and dont know where you are, but we are figuring it out. We both work, so getting out on the road early can be tough.
My truck is a 2014 F150 Supercrew with 6.5' bed, so its big and heavy(6140 lbs). I bought it in February of 2015 with the intention of buying a TT at some point so I got an Ecoboost with the Max Tow package. I run a 5Star towing tune and the truck is an absolute dream to tow with. Super stable and more power than I would ever need. My only complaint is that I got a fully loaded Lariat so my payload is only ~1560 lbs but its fine for the trailer I currently have.
Here is my setup:
My biggest complaint with the trailer so far has been ground clearance. it sits quite low to the ground and it's a bit unnerving when trying to look for a campsite on rugged forest roads. i have not had an issue yet, but I am waiting for the day that I tear off my blackwater drain or something. I knew you could do axle flips and lifts on some trailers, but I neglected to look under it and realize it had torsion axles with some custom plate attaching them to the frame until after I bought it. This is what led me here actually. I was searching Google for ways to get the trailer up a bit higher.
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