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Old Feb 27, 2007 | 05:31 PM
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3 quads, a Rhino and an RV would be a tough combo... I'd be thinking 4500 Chevy or F450 Ford, with a monster rack and two quads above the bed, pulling a bumper pull toy hauler with the Rhino and other quad?

 
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Old Feb 27, 2007 | 05:55 PM
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Let's add this up. I built a super light utility trailer, tandem 3500 lb axles, 14 x6'6", that only weighed 800 lbs. I pulled three quads to Pismo and back with my Nissan Pathfinder, rated for 3500 lbs. No problem. No extra gear or equipment. A grizzly, DS, and a Raptor. SO about 2500 lbs. plus a family of four and luggage.
You need at least 20 feet, and you are planning on carrying twice as much, so the best you can do is maybe 1200 lbs for the trailer chassis. A camper, sans axles, is going to weigh another 1200 lbs at least. Four sport quads x 400 lbs is 1600 lbs. gear, groceries, some water (9lbs/gallon x 50 gallons is 540 lbs) so call that 1,000 lbs. That adds up to at least 5,000 lbs. IF your rig is rated for 7,000+ lbs. you could do it. But one remaining question you asked at first was....My wife has to like it. Is she going to like it? I used to have a WW superlite 21. I got 4 quads into it on one occasion, three was easy. A friend of mine pulls his WW superlite with his 1/2 ton Avalanche, no problem. Heavy Half ton pickup pulling one of these, with one quad in the bed would answer your needs....And your wife would like it. Genset, A/C, nice bathroom and galley, furnace, big fridge, hot or cold weather, no canvas rotting away, pretty big tanks. Nice.
 
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Old Feb 27, 2007 | 06:09 PM
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Originally posted by: JeffinTD
3 quads, a Rhino and an RV would be a tough combo... I'd be thinking 4500 Chevy or F450 Ford, with a monster rack and two quads above the bed, pulling a bumper pull toy hauler with the Rhino and other quad?
I've thought about buying a Cyclone with the separate garage and then pulling the small trailer with the Rhino on it. Thats sure a long rig though.

 
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Old Feb 27, 2007 | 06:42 PM
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Originally posted by: 400CatDriver
Originally posted by: JeffinTD
3 quads, a Rhino and an RV would be a tough combo... I'd be thinking 4500 Chevy or F450 Ford, with a monster rack and two quads above the bed, pulling a bumper pull toy hauler with the Rhino and other quad?
I've thought about buying a Cyclone with the separate garage and then pulling the small trailer with the Rhino on it. Thats sure a long rig though.
[img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-smile.gif[/img] Well, I think it's fairly obvious the solution is a Freightliner Columbia with a 53' dry van that has a lift gate on the back. Weight becomes a non-issue and you have plenty of room to build in a small apartment and still haul all your quads and a boat. The Columbia cab has plenty of room for all passengers, two dogs and a goat. Fuel milage with this light a load should run around 6 MPG which should be acceptable. Of course it would also work to pull a set of doubles, say two 26' trailers. One built as a living area and the other as a toy hauler. That way if you just wanted to go riding you wouldn't have to take the house with you. [img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-wink.gif[/img] [img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-happy.gif[/img]
 
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Old Feb 27, 2007 | 07:50 PM
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This, and a trailer,and you would be all set...
 
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Old Feb 27, 2007 | 08:04 PM
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Now that's an SUV. Nice.
 
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Old Feb 28, 2007 | 09:45 PM
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Originally posted by: tencubed
Originally posted by: 400CatDriver
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3 quads, a Rhino and an RV would be a tough combo... I'd be thinking 4500 Chevy or F450 Ford, with a monster rack and two quads above the bed, pulling a bumper pull toy hauler with the Rhino and other quad?
I've thought about buying a Cyclone with the separate garage and then pulling the small trailer with the Rhino on it. Thats sure a long rig though.
[img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-smile.gif[/img] Well, I think it's fairly obvious the solution is a Freightliner Columbia with a 53' dry van that has a lift gate on the back. Weight becomes a non-issue and you have plenty of room to build in a small apartment and still haul all your quads and a boat. The Columbia cab has plenty of room for all passengers, two dogs and a goat. Fuel milage with this light a load should run around 6 MPG which should be acceptable. Of course it would also work to pull a set of doubles, say two 26' trailers. One built as a living area and the other as a toy hauler. That way if you just wanted to go riding you wouldn't have to take the house with you. [img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-wink.gif[/img] [img]i/expressions/face-icon-small-happy.gif[/img]
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Old Feb 28, 2007 | 09:50 PM
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This, and a trailer,and you would be all set...
That thing has to be ridiculously expensive. Don't you think they could at least throw in some graphics?
 
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Old Feb 28, 2007 | 10:10 PM
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Well they aren't cheap, but from the ones I've seen that lists a price, they might not be as bad as you would think...

Go to an RV show and look at some of the $300,000 to $500,000 motorhomes, it seems to me you would get a whole lot more for your money with a class 8 truck conversion...

http://www.chooseyouritem.com/rvs/fi...nversion0.html
 
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Old Mar 31, 2007 | 10:36 PM
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I don't have a toy trailer as yet but I do tow with an SUV, a 2004 Avalanch, it has a 8100 Vortec and can pull just about anything.
Today I found a trailer that I am interested in, a 2000 Dunes. It really fits all my needs but I am not sure of the the value being that it is $9500.00. It looks like it can sleep 2 and carry a couple ATV to boot!
Any ideas?
Tom
 
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