Travel Day Vlog | Never Double Towing Again | Full Time RV Life

[@michaelforget1823]

Did you ever think of putting your side by side behind your sleeper. Take that 5th wheel plate off an put A deck behind your sleeper .an put your side by side there.

[@BigTruckRVLife]

Any pickup pulling a large camper over time will need a motor overhaul by 150,000 miles, and a semi won’t need an in frame overhaul until 1 million miles. The pickup also will not stop a large camper like a semi will. Safety, safety, safety. I have over 3 million miles behind the wheel of a big rig (just retired and now full time RVing) so it’s good advice. Stay safe out there. ✌️

[@thomaswilson8634]

The diesel pickups have a factory B5 rating at 500k A semi has a B10 rating at 1 million miles

[@thomaswilson8634]

Engine

[@BigTruckRVLife]

@@thomaswilson8634 good luck with that B5 rating pulling heavy weight all the time with that “ENGINE” ! LOL. Keep believing all the manufacturer’s ratings and you’ll be disappointed there Mr. tough guy expert !!

[@thomaswilson8634]

@@BigTruckRVLife Sounds like you are wanting to be the smart ass. I simply stated a industry fact.

[@BigTruckRVLife]

@@thomaswilson8634 industry facts are baloney!! Obviously you have zero experience doing anything practical if you believe in anything written by big companies as standards!! I was in business for 32 years, had over 400 employees, owned hundreds of tractors and trailers, pickups, and all kinds of excavation equipment. I was directly involved (hands dirty) in the maintenance, repairs, and overhauling of all of it before selling the two companies and retiring at the age of 57. It irritates someone like me when a person like you starts spewing out supposed industry standards that are not reality!! Keep believing all that written stuff about equipment and you’ll be pretty disappointed when you own and work on hundreds of pieces of equipment!! Enjoying my very comfortable retirement here!!! Good luck and ✌️.

[@jumpoffjoe6572]

As a 33 year truck driver and an RVer, the set up you have, using the Peterbilt to haul your equipment is 100% the correct way to do it. That Ram may have been able to keep up, but in the event of an emergency, need to brake hard or make an evasive maneuver, he'd crash every bit of his gear. You'd be able to maintain control due to the trucks weight stability and braking system. keep doing what you guys are doin! Your awesome!

[@gkidsdlitepapa2764]

Not to burst your bubble but I was a truck driver for 36 years and I stand by what I say! It is clearly too much truck for this set up! I’m not saying he shouldn’t use a MDT at all! He has one too many axles and only needs one drive axle which will save on the total length! This truck will outlast the Ram or any diesel pickup! Believe me there are ways to make your MDT suck pickups up the tailpipe but that’s not his real problem and that’s what I’m trying to help him with! I wouldn’t even consider a twin screw for this job! Knowing the terrain I was only suggesting that he get on the flat hard ground before hooking everything together! Damage to a 5th wheel is not cheap! Then we get to brakes, the air brakes could be a problem at anytime that hard braking is required because the truck has a much better braking system than the trailer or trailers and can cause a catastrophe because of their efficiency compared to electric or hydraulic brakes! The trick about going downhill is to keep your speed down with the engine and trans and not have to use your brakes only sparingly! The MDT is better for that because of the engine compression too! All that being said it’s too much truck for this job!

[@thomaswilson8634]

44 year trucker here just retired. Keep doing what ur doing. Im retired now last month and will be pulling my drv mobile suites with my kenworth with a razor behind it.

[@thomaswilson8634]

36 years . Interesting. You must be kinda slow in the head or your elevator doesn't go all the way up. 44 years here trucking. He is doing it the right way same as I do. Quit getting on these channels and try to influence people when you obviously do not know what you are talking about. Just saying.

[@badgerpa9]

It is not just the acceleration but also the stopping, your truck will stop it all even if the trailer brakes fail.

[@ErnestConnett-d4p]

I've seen it all when I worked at love's truck stop troutdale Oregon . Even while I was homeless and caught COVID through the manager and other employees and had mt hood er doctor report and management illegally fired me against my doctor report and medical. So safe travels when dealing with truck stops!

[@gkidsdlitepapa2764]

Way too much truck for one, length and one too many axles as well! Then you wait to hook it all together when you get on the level surface! Don’t discourage people when double towing is not the problem! You are nice folks but you need to understand what you are doing before you tell other people what to do! Sorry about laying the truth on you!

[@thomaswilson8634]

Well let me lay it on you hero im a 44 year veteran of trucking. I've done that many many times. I haul with my kenworth. So go tell someone who is ignorant.

[@tch330ci]

You could have tried airing down the tractor when you got stuck, that would have raised the back of the 5th wheel. Maybe?

[@luisdasilva2324]

Honestly as a truck driver you just learn how to pull out no matter where you are , you can never pull out straight , even on flat ground you don’t ! Nice set up though

[@williamchildress1459]

You need to do away with that hitch on the truck and get one made for a 5th wheel camper that has movement front , back and side to side.

[@FindingLifesAdventure]

When we had this setup we ran a suspension gooseneck ball, we did not use the commercial fifth wheel.

[@RodeoJoe1981]

Call Pittsburgh power and get a tune for the truck. Give you a lot more power.

[@markreynolds9570]

Wow, triple towing with a husky in the desert. What the heck. Good luck with that.

[@Mylife19792]

Never pull straight out. Go at an angle

[@mjmisadventures950]

Big thing to look at isn’t so much the speed but look at how cool your truck was vs his. I’m gonna bet you didn’t get over 200 degrees where I’m gonna bet he was well north of 230 pulling that hill. Same for your egt’s. You might not speed past em but that truck doesn’t care how much weight you put on its back. Also look into pdi for some tunes or turbo upgrades and then you can pull away from them pretty easily

[@ErnestConnett-d4p]

From a tow truck driver that doesn't suggest ever double towing with a 5wheel and travel trailers aren't designed to haul like that damage the frame and towing drivers see it all the time.

[@unknown_truckers]

He was driving the truck the wrong way, keep your truck n set up. His habits will destroy that truck, but people hate bigger trucks passing them even when they're in the way so they speed up on purpose. Even if that means holding you n the rest of the traffic up. I locally drive a truck n people have no respect now days. Stay safe guys

[@gregorymg2006]

Sure hope you stick with the HDT, it’s just awesome looking and a straight up beast!

[@epena23]

Should of come down to bagdad for kick bite when boondocking at nothing. Theres a trail to go streight across

[@waltaldridge2315]

It was a Rammer! Don't ever bet against the Ram!!! We have a 2018 Ram 3500 SRW. What a beast. Yellowstone and Rushmore last year, never slowed down in the mountains. Awesome! But you've got a great setup. You'll never wonder if you've got enough truck!

[@kurt3543]

A semi will stop the trailer coming down a hill if the trailer brakes fail, the Ram will not.

[@chadsmith9979]

Let me tell you what right now if you tune in truck up it'll do 120 pulling that fifth wheel it'll blow that Dodge off the road obviously the truck is not tuned

[@JW-yj1qx]

Nice camera footage at the 5:20 minute mark. Would be great if you could carry the SXS on the back of the HDT

[@hrdcoreme]

Well at least you have the truck that will pull anything I pull all of ours with a f250 and it is just as big as yours so my day when traveling is lit giving me Ulcers

[@KenWilson-yo7ms]

Did you try airing down the truck? That would have let the front of the trailer down and picked up the rear…

[@CruizinWithTheCarsons]

Beginning of the video looks like you were off of old Rt. 66 between Oatman and Topok?

[@FindingLifesAdventure]

Nailed it

[@hrdcoreme]

You guys should have plenty of water for showers in that camper

[@Thescrape87]

Do you only boondocks now? We've been wondering what it would be like going to an actual campground with a HDT/MDT as we have a 379 Peterbilt we have thought about using to pull our 45' Toyhauler full-time. NICE set up.

[@Thescrape87]

Boondock

[@EarthToSean]

Those fenders look a lot nicer than I anticipated with some matching paint! Awesome video guys!

[@FindingLifesAdventure]

Thank you!! Hope you’re doing well!

[@mikebailey2504]

We went to a separate compost .I can't deal with some of them dump stations

[@kevonzehner8808]

You need to look into a Freedom Hauler.

[@everday13]

While your semi may have roughly the same horsepower numbers as the 3500 I’m going to assume you have twice the torque. The high torque is going to insure you always make it up the hill. While I believe the semi would be a better tow vehicle going off your videos it seems it doesn’t suit your needs that well. I think a ram 3500 with the HO motor or F450 and maybe a few performance mods could suit your needs a lot better.

[@thomasjrinnus9935]

Wow, that's a crazy story about the lady dumping her black tank out in the open. Just makes you shake your head at what people think is acceptable behavior.

[@FindingLifesAdventure]

right?!?

[@allenauger6650]

You want to climb up the hill faster you need a better power plant driver. A C 15 cat stock will give you 550 hp 1850 torque . Your not pulling much weight so get rid of the twin screws and go with a single axle put some high way gears in with an 18 speed and you won't struggle climbing a hill.

[@FindingLifesAdventure]

This truck was a C15 single turbo, rated at 475… witch was fine for the weight, yeah I always wish I had more power. Contemplated turning it up. The BIG BIG downfall of this truck was it was only a 10 speed. So you could never be in the right gear well climbing is what it felt like.

[@FindingLifesAdventure]

And yes singled is what we wanted. But we didn’t end up having the truck long enough

[@vincent_v1094]

Bruh….. well, it worked out in the end.

[@turman41]

Radios get two big five two way radios when hooking up, the king man Blue Beacon huh been there many times…

[@EJ-ye7wg]

Ohh wow.. he keeps saying “literally” tooo! Maybe it’s just their thing 🤷‍♂️

[@c.doespers694]

can't you put the old rack for the Canam, that you had on the RAM, on the truck?

[@Zanderthelab]

Most of the problem is you don’t know what you’re doing.

[@FindingLifesAdventure]

😂

[@justgawkin2418]

The Ram is a nice rig for sure, but I'm betting he was sucking his fuel tank inside out trying to keep up with your HDT. BTW, how far down did you have to downshift to pull that hill? He had to be bottomed out in the RAM.

[@jenniferyates7369]

👍👍👍 yay!! What a day!! 😉

[@FindingLifesAdventure]

Yes it was!

[@zdm16_lml97]

Saw the Pete listed the other day, kinda bummed cause the cool factor is just through the roof but the newer one tons are stout, my 22 Silverado hauls the 45’ voltage like nothing with the ten speed

[@gregorymg2006]

Y’all sure have a nice setup

[@FindingLifesAdventure]

thank you!!!

[@hrdcoreme]

That’s life with out her that would be such a boring trip thank her for the awesome Content

[@turman41]

Go to the avi casino for their rev parking/ camping

[@09dave1952]

I saw a rig similar to yours there about a month ago and they had plenty of room. If you plan on doing laundry there, it will take a while. Only about half of their machines work.

[@kross4031]

Awesome setup. What's the overall length?

[@kendraadkins545]

If you don't mind me asking I just found you guys and have only watched a few videos, anyways what do u guys do? My hubby and I travel with his job. He's a boilermaker. We have a cummins 3500 and a 42ft camper we basically live in, IF we aren't having truck problems lol. But I didn't no if you guys just traveled to be traveling if you traveled for your jobs or what.

[@FindingLifesAdventure]

So glad you found us! We do some odds and ends stuff to make a little money but mostly just traveling to enjoy ourselves while we're young!

[@kevinerenwick4415]

So just wondering how much for your HDT now-Kevin 💙💙💙🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

[@bryankennedy7008]

Did you have any issues with having a tow hitch installed on your Momentum? About how much did it cost?

[@FindingLifesAdventure]

no issues at all. made it ourselves though. we had like 40 bucks into it

[@rebelhorse1882]

What’s the process like to register a commercial peterbilt into a RV ?

[@FindingLifesAdventure]

definitely hesitant to put them out now lol

[@kevinlyon9490]

That Peter is Beautiful!! Love It!

[@jncn1490]

5:40 , yes

[@dieselmutt8865]

Where are you located in this video and how long are you vs the length laws of the states you travel? From what I've seen it's hard to double tow a fifth wheel against those laws. Or do you just do "don't ask, don't tell"?

[@FindingLifesAdventure]

I believe we were in Arizona

[@JosePerez-sb1ep]

#261!!! Yaya!!!

[@worrall538]

put side by side on back of truck.

[@Neel-xe1po]

I hate to be the bear of bad feedback but I had a feeling you guys would regret going to a semi from the pickup. In my opinion the truck set up was way more practical

[@FindingLifesAdventure]

😉 agreed

[@kurt3543]

A semi will stop the trailer coming down a hill if the trailer brakes fail, the Ram will not.

[@El_Ghost0712]

Need that 500 hp

[@chicnwing4519]

12 feet of over hang on your camper and a ditch is your problem not double towing, and buying a giant truck to pull a camper giving up maneurability, and convenience of pick up when not pulling a camper plus cost it kinda sounds like you guy's don't know what your doing

[@EJ-ye7wg]

Why does she keep saying “Literally” about everything

[@pilot41186]

First your truck did it easier with less effort. Second it's a cat.... a boat anchor of a motor

[@FindingLifesAdventure]

We did end up going back to a truck chassis, the cat needed to be turned up for sure. And it needed a 13 or 18 speed, 10 speed was not cutting it

[@hrdcoreme]

What