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Now that's a tow truck!!!!! is that a lifted F250 or a 350??? V10 I see.....ouch. A Power Stroke would get as much mileage as my 4.0 6 cylinder Ranger. If I end up working back on the road w/tools and such, I am going that route, and pulling the camper. If you do alot of towing though, my opinion is overkill pays off in a tow vehicle bigtime. (Ask Charles Watts or Speed Gray!!!)I consider my truck bare minimum for towing the 16 footer here in the mountains....and I have beefed the suspension and driveline considerably. I don't want to work the vehicle or myself that hard.


nice truck- Phil

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Taking it to town this a.m. for a car wash. Taken in our driveway. Remember the egg is really for behind our Jeep. :o

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I love this picture Don, and I think you should always use this truck. it shows what we love about our TTs. They're small and go with anything. But then I love all the pictures of the TT with they're pulling buddies. such a variety, just like there is with each of us. Thanks all for sharing your photos.



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Here they are together ready to depart Thomas Point Beach Campground, Brunswick, ME, Sept 2002.<img src=http://www.fiberglassrv.com/board/uploads/3e4289f514f94Westfalia & Westfalia II Brunswick ME.jpg/>
And here's Westfalia II (aka 13' Scamp) nestled down in her site for a weekend of camping and fun at "Buses by the Buoy" Thomas Point Beach Campground, Brunswick, ME, Sept 2002.<img src=http://www.fiberglassrv.com/board/uploads/3e428f6e77e28Westfalia II Brunswick ME.jpg/>
Nevin & Sue Lescher

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You're still Deutsch?? :-))

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Orginally posted by phil moldovan

Now that's a tow truck!!!!! is that a lifted F250 or a 350??? V10 I see.....ouch. A Power Stroke would get as much mileage as my 4.0 6 cylinder Ranger. If I end up working back on the road w/tools and such, I am going that route, and pulling the camper. If you do alot of towing though, my opinion is overkill pays off in a tow vehicle bigtime. (Ask Charles Watts or Speed Gray!!!)I consider my truck bare minimum for towing the 16 footer here in the mountains....and I have beefed the suspension and driveline considerably. I don't want to work the vehicle or myself that hard.


nice truck- Phil

F-350 V-10 4x4 Crew Cab Shortbed. The lift is 2" by way of added leafs. It came this way. The PowerStroke Diesels are many thousands $$$ more. The trade off was 4-way, I didn't have to shell out $3K (that's a lot of gasoline), put up with the noise, stink and special needs of the engine. This is a ranch truck, my tractor is Propane so I didn't need a common fuel truck. The nice thing is it gets 10-11 mpg towing anything, goosenecks, flatbeds, buses... The bad thing is it gets 10-11 mpg empty weight. The Scamp is for the Jeep I'm building.

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>I love this picture Don, and I think you should always use this truck.
>it shows what we love about our TTs. They're small and go with anything.
>But then I love all the pictures of the TT with they're pulling buddies.
>such a variety, just like there is with each of us. Thanks all for sharing
>your photos.

Funny thing is the truck doesn't even notice the TT. If it weren't for the mirrors, you wouln't know you were towing anything, I have to be careful. :E

Recently I got a bedfull of fill dirt for $4. I mean a heaping bedfull, plus two railroad ties on top. The truck drove like it was empty. It unloaded like it was 3,000 pounds of dirt, one shovelful at a time...:o

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Don, man, you've got to pull into some campground towing your 13-footer with the F-350.

When someone asks (and they're bound to ask) how you like towing the Scamp with the F-350 ... saying something like:

"It's ok on the flatlands, but bogs down on the hills."

PS ... I sometimes respond this way when some campground yahoo jokes about my Suburban/Casita combo.

Another line I'll use is:

"Don't let that trailer's looks deceive you. It's just a couple pounds shy of 8,000 pounds."

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>>just a couple pound shy of 8,000 pounds.

Well, it is, when you add in the weight of my on-board margarita mix and fixings!

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:o :o :o


I needed that!

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:omy how can you deceive those poor little (little?) MH and T owners like that. :nope 8,000 lbs. :L but really - How do you keep a straight face?:m I got to practice. :yepI like it.

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"Eight Thousand Pounds. Yes. Eight Thousand Pounds. It keeps the truck from flying off into orbit when I press on the gas pedal. Last time it came back down out in the desert, good thing I had four wheel drive to get home again..."

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Don, that's it! You could rename your Scamp "The Anchor."

Yup, works for me.

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Meenny
<img src=http://www.fiberglassrv.com/board/uploads/3e42e01ace636PTCasita.JPG/>

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So which do we tow with? :o

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Hi all
Some great picturies on here.I am getting real itchy wheels.Come on spring.;)

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Hi Glen!

I'm guessing you tow with the first one ... the cute little blue car because it matches your pin-striping. The gold and red tow vehicles clash.:)

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Chuck got it in one ! ':wave'

Why yes we do tow with that cute little supercharged hot rod ! ';)'

And Yes Chuck was right again....Because its blue matches the Casita.

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Yeah right.

Note to all who don't know ... Glen also sells life-sized replicas of the Brooklyn and London bridges ... if you believe he tows with that little bitty car!

He tows with the fire-engine red Tahoe ... a retired fire captain's truck, no less.

But he enjoys toying with pix of little cars (or snappy golden ones) pretending to be hooked up to his trailer.

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I was just going to say Mo, because mo is better. everybody knows that. I think I've seen that gold one before. sure does look good there, too bad it doesn't work.